Waiting for the bus to Montevideo and 2 buses pulled up. A really nice comfy one & a local peasant one... Yep, you can guess which one we ended up being on!After what felt like the longest journey we arrived at Montevideo and headed to the hostel not knowing if we had a bed as they had cancelled our booking. Turned out fine, the hostel was empty & it seemed to be an issue with a crazy x-girlfriend hacking into the owners system. We didn't stick around to ...

Up early and onto a 5 hour bus journey to Punta Del Diablo. Reet agrees to live on the fly for once and just turn up at Punta without booking anywhere to stay. So we get there only to find everywhere is booked due to Carnival. After much traipsing around the town we managed to find our own private shed (luckily there were no dead cats around in need of a swing) - it came at an inflated snipe of a price USD$60 night.Note to self Reet is always right. Regardless of...

4 hour long ferry ride to Colonia Del Sacramento.An old colonial town originally built by the Portuguese to smuggle stuff into Argentina and then taken over by the Spanish. Quaint little town which you could walk round in a day. Highlights included seeing the old town, climbing the lighthouse and watching a massive thunderstorm and played UNO with some new Scottish friends.Not forgetting Ben trying out a 'chivito' the traditional Uruguan sandwich. Steak, onions, ...