URUGUAY | Thursday, 11 Dec 2008 | Views [3810] | Comments [1]
After a light brekkie we donned the rucksacks and walked the 500m up to the bus station to catch our ride to San Carlos. There we made a very hassle free connection to Manantiales, meaning Springs which is a small village about 12km outside Punta ... Read more >
Tags: beach, colonial, ferry, ipod
URUGUAY | Wednesday, 3 Dec 2008 | Views [1146]
The bus was scheduled to arrive in Chui
on the border with Uruguay at about 8am. A lot of people got off and
there seemed to be a lot of toing and froing just after 7. We were
supposed to get off the bus to get our ... Read more >
Tags: beaches, cabin, ipod, mate, rain
BRAZIL | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [3961] | Comments [1]
We arrived in Rio's Novo Rio bus station at about 3 in the afternoon, over 2 hours after leaving Copacobana. The reason for the delay was a torrential rainstorm. We had had a lot of rain in Rio but things had certainly stepped up a notch. Our destination ... Read more >
Tags: buffet, gaucho, ipod, modern art, natural disaster
