Uruguay and I´m a Girl
Hee hee. I thought that our entries have been so serious as of late, hence my jokey title. And in a similar vein, here is a conversation Kevin and I just had this afternoon.
Kevin: So what are you going to do during the last 40 days before your 30th birthday.
Karen: Watch E! (the Entertainment News channel) and sleep a lot.
Kevin: And how is that different to your usual activities?
Ah...don´t you just love the travelling life? This leads me to the kind of accomodation we´ve had in South America. In general, we´ve been really impressed with that we can get for about $40 a night. In most places, this has allowed us to get cable TV (hence my E! overload) and usually even aircon. In some places, we´ve gotten the same thing for about $35 but we haven´t had to pay more than $50 a night in total so we´ve been able to avoid hostelling.
As for where we are, well, we´re in Uruguay of course. After Antarctica we made our way up Patagonia, viewing the Andes from different perspectives. On gloriously sunny days, the Andes are absolutely amazing but we´ve also had a lot of rain (like today where it was torrential) and can´t see a thing! We´ve spent more of our time on the Argentinian side and can recommend El Calafate and Bariloche to all those trekkers out there. We ended up in Mendoza, Argentina´s wine district where we did a bikes and wine tour. Yes, I did manage to drink my fair share and stay on my bike! We also discovered a fantastic restaurant there called Valle del Tulum where the owner (and chef) won an award for the best empanadas in the country. Man, those were good empanadas. Then we took a bus ride across the border into Santiago, passing Aconcagua along the way. Santiago was great...more about that later with some pictures (we met a Chilean friend there who showed us such a great time). Thanks Lola!
And now we are in Colonia, Uruguay, a cute little town 1 hr on a ferry across from Buenos Aires. We are spending a week in Buenos Aires over Easter weekend, but we thought it would be such a shame to miss the Montevidean cafe culture...so that´s where we head tomorrow. I also heard there is a Sunday market there that rivals Portobello Market in London, so I´m pretty excited about that.
Kevin: So what are you going to do during the last 40 days before your 30th birthday.
Karen: Watch E! (the Entertainment News channel) and sleep a lot.
Kevin: And how is that different to your usual activities?
Ah...don´t you just love the travelling life? This leads me to the kind of accomodation we´ve had in South America. In general, we´ve been really impressed with that we can get for about $40 a night. In most places, this has allowed us to get cable TV (hence my E! overload) and usually even aircon. In some places, we´ve gotten the same thing for about $35 but we haven´t had to pay more than $50 a night in total so we´ve been able to avoid hostelling.
As for where we are, well, we´re in Uruguay of course. After Antarctica we made our way up Patagonia, viewing the Andes from different perspectives. On gloriously sunny days, the Andes are absolutely amazing but we´ve also had a lot of rain (like today where it was torrential) and can´t see a thing! We´ve spent more of our time on the Argentinian side and can recommend El Calafate and Bariloche to all those trekkers out there. We ended up in Mendoza, Argentina´s wine district where we did a bikes and wine tour. Yes, I did manage to drink my fair share and stay on my bike! We also discovered a fantastic restaurant there called Valle del Tulum where the owner (and chef) won an award for the best empanadas in the country. Man, those were good empanadas. Then we took a bus ride across the border into Santiago, passing Aconcagua along the way. Santiago was great...more about that later with some pictures (we met a Chilean friend there who showed us such a great time). Thanks Lola!
And now we are in Colonia, Uruguay, a cute little town 1 hr on a ferry across from Buenos Aires. We are spending a week in Buenos Aires over Easter weekend, but we thought it would be such a shame to miss the Montevidean cafe culture...so that´s where we head tomorrow. I also heard there is a Sunday market there that rivals Portobello Market in London, so I´m pretty excited about that.
posted by Karen at 3/30/2007 09:11:00 PM
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