The word Uruguay has always had an exotic, charming, cling to it. This morning I read a thought-provoking novel, El libro de los abrazos, by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano and I thought that it would be time to conclude the blog series about our trip to South America. You can read all the previous posts here >>…
Adiós Buenos Aires y buenos días Punta del Este! In our previous post about South America we left Buenos Aires and headed back to Uruguay. Actually, before going to the famous mecca of all parties, Punta, we did spend a couple of more days in Montevideo. Getting to Montevideo was something of an adventure –…
Before saying goodbye to Argentina, it’s time to return to Buenos Aires after our adventure in La Plata. This is the sixth post in our series about our trip to South America. You can read our previous posts about the trip here >> Last Day in Argentina The skies over Buenos Aires are grey as we leave the…
On the sixth day of our stay in Argentina we really felt like another day trip from Buenos Aires. We decided to visit the capital city of the Province of Buenos Aires, La Plata. The reviews that we had read claimed that La Plata was a bustling and green city. With a population of nearly 750,000…
This post about Tigre forms part of our series about our trip to Uruguay and Argentina in October 2015. We have previously written about the first days of our journey in Montevideo as well as the two first days in Buenos Aires. Click on the links below to read the posts. When planning our stay…
This post about Buenos Aires is part three of our series Destination South America, you will find the first two parts by clicking on the links below: Buenos Aires – Expectations and First Impressions That city that is located so far away, the one with such a magical cling to it. For as long as…
This is part two in our series Destination South America, you will find the first part here: Destination South America – Flights, Transits and Arriving in a New Country When arriving in Montevideo, our first impression of Uruguay was that the cars and buses looked like they were ready for a scrapyard. It was difficult for…
This is our story about visiting South America. We had for a long time been thinking about a trip outside of Europe and when we finally decided to go a bit futher for two weeks we came up with three options. Planning Our Trip to South America The first option was a trip to Malaysia…