Day 295 - Travelling day & Uruguay sum up, Salto - Monday 6th August 2012 We spent the whole day and night travelling! Starting at 5.30am in Montevideo with a bus bound for Salto, then another bus over to border to Concordia in Argentina, then a five hour wait before getting on another bus, a night one this time, to take us to our final destination of Puerto Iguazu! When we came to the Uruguay / Argentina border we were greeted by the usual friendly and c...

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...