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...