Day 293, 294 -Montevideo - Saturday 4th, Sunday 5th August 2012 We woke up to a very cold, wet and grey Montevideo. After wrapping up in too many layers, we walked around the main town for an hour or so before our feet became so numb we had to seek shelter and food. And we so arrived at the Puerto Mercado; this is a little market on the port which is famous for its parrilla restaurants (bbq's). The smell as we entered was amazing and everywhere we looked the...

Day 289, 290, 291, 292 - Estancia Aguila Blanca -Tuesday 31st July, Wednesday 1st, Thursday 2nd, Friday 3rd August 2012 When we decided to go travelling and set our route, one of the first things my friend Maya said to me was that we had to go to a ranch in Uruguay that her and Ana had been too back in 2009. She said it was one of the best things she did in South America and that we would love it - a bold statement we thought! The only problem was that she cou...

Day 288 - Colonia Del Sacramento -Monday 30th July 2012 We woke up this morning and after a quick shower we made our way to the small restaurant / kitchen for our breakfast which was all included in the price. It was awesome, loads of fresh bread, cereal, coffee, tea and homemade pastries and cakes! As it was all included we made the most of it and completely stuffed our faces! We chatted to the lady on the reception and she gave us a map and pointed out all t...

Day 279 to 287 - Buenos Aires -Saturday 21st to Sunday 29th July 2012 It took us under an hour to fall in love with Buenos Aires; everything the guide book says and what people tell you about the city is true - it's beautiful and full of energy and character! We arrived on our night bus from Mendoza at 11am and made our way to the local bus stop to catch the number twenty two bus to San Telmo. The bus arrived and with quite a queue behind us, we jumped on and ...

Day 275, 276, 277, 278 - Mendoza - Tuesday 17th, Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th, Friday 20th July 2012 We arrived in at 9.30am very cranky, cold and tired after our rubbish bus journey but once got to our lovely hostel, Lao, and had a cup of coffee and hot shower all seemed well with the world again! We headed straight out for some lunch; we were starving after not having eaten anything but chocolate and crisps for the previous twenty four hours! We made our w...