From Uruguay we took taxis across the border and it was probably the easiest land border crossing we've had so far because the taxi drivers did it all, even our luggage. Just inside Argentina we played cards while waiting for yet another lovely 12 hour nightbus (freezing cold and leaking from the ceiling) that took us to an Argentinian town that is near to the Brazilian border. From here, we then boarded a private minivan to the town of Foz Du Iguaçu - while in ...

We took a relatively short 6 hour bus journey to Salto, which on first appearances, seemed in the middle of nowhere. It turned out that our initial impression was valid since there isn't too much going on here - I can only assume they brought us here to break up the journey to Iguacu Falls. This place wasn't in our guidebook so we had no idea what to expect, but given how derelict it was we were grateful to be only having one night here. This night involved go...

It was a short 3 hour bus ride from Colonia to Uruguay's capital, Montevideo. When we arrived it was pouring with rain and quite chilly so it felt pretty much like home. We had a quick rest at out hotel before our new tour guide, Duda, took us in the shortest city tour we've had so far. It basically involved walking down the main high street before she stopped dead and told us not to walk past this point because it was too dangerous. I have to say that the rain d...

Our penultimate country, which means the end of travelling is getting closer unfortunately. Nonetheless Uruguay has the reputation for being friendly and laid back so it should fit in exactly with my nature. We left Buenos Aires by ferry, our first water crossing of the trip. It wasn't really that exciting although I did strike up a conversation with a friendly local that passed time. Unsuprisingly sara slept most of the way, I think it was probably all the t...

Unfortunately we would only be staying in two places in Argentina, which given the size of the country doesn't seem right. The second place being Buenos Aires which was a long 22 hour (day and) night bus away, but there was a bonus since it only took 21 hours! On arriving we went on our last city tour with JP, since he was leaving us and we were getting a new tour guide for the last leg of the tour. As always we visited the main square, this time called Plaza ...