Day 5 - Back into Argentina again and the river city of Concordia! We decided to take a boat across the border rather than the bus as it was cheaper and close by. The whole process was rather amusing, basically you bought your boat ticket in this silver sprayed wreck of a tin shack, then the lady in the museum stamped your passport and off you were on a local boat with a captain who didn't really look like a captain so to speak, all very funny! 15 minutes later w...

Day 3 - Heading North to Salto As many travellers don't apparently do the route we were taking, finding out about transport and accommodation was quite hard but we decided to catch the local bus north for 8 hours to the top of Uruguay so that we could see a snapshot of the country and head to the hot springs! So a 5am start it was and soon we were on our way. The scenery was very reminiscent of home, flat green countryside and farming land plus lots of sheep and ...

DESTINATION 20 - Across the waters to URUGUAY! Day 1 - The colonial streets of COLONIA! Uruguay hadn't been on the original plan but with it being so close to Buenos Aires and a natural way north to get to Iguazu Falls we thought we would check it out! After a 1hr30 minute catamaran ride across Rio Uruguay, which bizarrely we thought took 3 hours so were abit surprised when they were shoving us off the boat, we arrived in the small town of Colonia. The relaxed at...

A Leeds Uni Reunion in the vibrant city of Buenos Aires!! Bleary eyed we got to Hils apartment at 6.30am feeling very guilty about waking her up so early!! It was so good to see her after all this time and even though we had met up at Andy's wedding last year, we had not properly seen each other since Uni, 13 years ago!! It didn't feel that long at all though when she opened the door, amazing how time passes but when you see people you just slip right back into h...

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