Uruguay

Just spent a great week travelling along the Uruguayan coast! We´ve witnesssed an all time low in cheapness - due to the foot and mouth crisis a few years ago their economy (which previously had been strong) crashed, and so it´s really cheap for travellers. Lots of Argentinians go there on holiday - it´s a bit like France for us, you just hop on a ferry and in an hour you´re lazying in the sun!

We went to a few different places in Uruguay, so here are a few of the best snaps!

For Semana Criolla (aka easter week/week of turism as its known in Uruguay!) we followed the locals to a rodeo fayre thing. It was cool and quite scary as the gauchos (cowboys) tied unbroken horses heads down and then tried to stay on for the longest time. Here are some gauchos for you!



Another highlight for us was Montevideo (the capital to those not familiar with South America). We were expecting just another city, but it really surprised us - there was a relaxed vibe and good food!
Strolling through a park one day we came across some impromptu park performers:



There was lots of time for relaxing


And a few strange sights

Yes you´ve seen right - this artwork is called ´Los Dedos´ which literally means the fingers!

And finally the intrepid travellers on Easter Sunday after our egg hunt!


Well this is the last entry before Sally and I leave for our separate voluntary adventures for three weeks - she´s off to Ayacucho in Peru and I´m venturing out to the Buenos Airian suburbs. Don´t worry though Sally has promised to give at least one account of her time, and I´ll update when I know what I´m actually doing there!

Chao! x