Montevideo Stories


Doubt

Thanks to our magnanimous taxi driver, we were able to lug our heavy suitcases up three flights of stairs into our hostel. Why they termed this place The Red Hostel, I have little idea. There don't seem to be enough prostitutes for it to be in the red light district. And while there is an ashy fireplace in the main sitting area, every room maintains ...


Anticipation and Arrival

While traveling is most always a powerful experience - my eyes open, my horizons broaden, my strength is tested to the quick - transportation is needlessly, pointlessly hellish. This day is no exception. It started off poorly when I attempted to check in my 73 lb suitcase at Delta. First I was informed that I would be charged an additional $100 for...


'Sushi' decided to move on....

Hiya campers, Yep, that´s right, we have left the Argie´s to it, and the 25 sushi establishments we had the pleasure of experiencing, and are now in Montevideo in Uruguay back on the Steak. Well Iain is, Im on a crash diet of dust, trying desperately to shift the numerous pounds I´ve piled on my arse mainly due to averaging 4 bottles of plonk a day ...


Uruguay Is Cool

As far as life plans go, I never saw Uruguay coming. Remember the scene in Wayne´s World where they are blue screened in front of post cards for exotic locations like Hawaii. Then Deleware comes up behind them and they´re like ¨Hi we´re in Deleware.¨ Yeah, it´s kinda like that...but then in a strange twist Uruguay is cool. We took the ferry across th...