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Penis Fences and Uruguays National Plague- Montevideo

Our last day in Montevideo. We arrived at  Independence Plaza for our 11am walking tour. We walked through many of the places we were at yesterday, but this time we got the history behind them. In the Plaza Zabala, the quaker parakeets were extra active and noisy while the guide was speaking. He then mentioned that they are Uruguay’s national plague because they eat the farmers’ crops. There is …

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Montevideo, Uruguay

Today we took a 8:30 am bus from Colonia to Montevideo through green agricultural lands. The trip took about 2.5 hours. There were cattle  everywhere which is not surprising since both Argentinian and Uruguay cuisine is centered around meat. From the Montevideo bus terminal we grabbed a cab to our hostel (El Viajero Hostel),  dropped off our luggage and headed to the Sunday Market which apparently is a must …

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Buenos Aires

I am loving Buenos Aires. It is clean, attractive, good food, good wine, stylish and there is a lot to do. Our Airbnb apartment is comfortable, centrally located and bright. We are in the heart of the Palermo Soho district. We slept in and didn’t get going until 10:30am. The streets were quiet for a Monday and many places were closed. We later learned that today is a holiday. …

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Santiago to Iguazu Falls

We arrived into Santiago, Chile shortly after 6pm and took the shuttle to our airport hotel. We had an early night since we needed to get up at 3am to go back to the airport for an early morning flight to Buenos Aires and then a connecting flight to Puerto Iguazu, Argentina. The flight was non eventful…or if it was eventful, I wouldn’t have known since I slept through …

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