TASMANIAN DEVILS, WILLY WONKER AND BIG DENTED BOTTOMS!!.... The journey out of Buenos Aries to Mendoza was probably the best bus journey yet. Comfy seats, good food, blankets, film (in English) and the company of an old (she probably wasn't old, just another person who had ignored the need for sunscreen!) Tasmanian lady who had been travelling for years on her own. She seemed to have been everywhere the world could offer. She had decided against going t...

BUENOS AIRES.......Part 2 Everywhere you turn in Buenos Aires you will find a tribute or a reminder of Eva Peron. We decided to visit the Evita museum and see what all the fuss was about. I only had the hyped up Madonna film (which I have never watched) and Rice/Lloyd Webber songs as a frame of reference. (I can remember Norm, my welsh step dad, singing 'Don't Cry for Me Aberystwth' when it first came out) As we wondered around the exhibition (humming the...

GOOD AIR.???!!! ..(BUENOS AIRES) Part one........... Having spent just one day under a grey cloud in Montevideo we decided on a bus and boat journey to Buenos Aires. The bus this time was painless and fairly comfy and just 3 hours to Colonia then a one hour boat trip to the port at Buenos Aires. At the bus station we met a young girl called Valentina from Montevideo who helped us with a few translations and then ended up sharing the journey with us. She was ...

Another whistle stop tour.!! Arrived in Montevideo yesterday after an 18 hour journey from Florianopolis. Weather was overcast, making the city (which on a sunny day I think would be great for sightseeing) very grotty. We are staying at Ukelele Hostel. When we arrived at 6.30 this morning our room was nt ready so we huddled in front of an open log fire and ate monkey nuts. I found a guitar with a frayed 'A' string but tuned it up and had a little play. T...

BYE BYE BARRA!! ........ Well it's our last day in Barra today....and I am feeling really down. I know the point of going travelling was well...going travelling but this is one place I really don't want to leave. The month here has been so wonderful. We have met some beautiful, warm and friendly people who have been so kind and gracious, even given the language barrier and the fact that we are strangers. There has never been a time here when we have felt in...