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Tom:
Hey all! 3 hours on a boat and 3 on a bus and we're in Montevideo, Uruguay (quite civilized travelling times considering our recent bus journeys!). Buenos Aires was beautiful and I'm vaguely missing it already. We got on a ferry from there to an old Portuguese smuggling town called Colonia del Sacramento. It was very pretty and had some nice things to see such as the town gateway, wharf and lighthouse, but any longer than the two hours we spent there would've probably killed the magic. It was interesting to see the first elements of Portuguese culture creeping into the South American leg of our trip, as it's all been Spanish, Spanish, Spanish up until now. It's back to the Spanish stuff with Montevideo itself though. It's nice enough here although there's the square root of b***** all to do. This makes it seem a lot like a kind of east coast Asuncion. There is some nice architecture and art here though, and we'll check all that out once we've finished bloggin'. A word to all before I sign off - if anyone out there is tempted to read Moby-d*** (or The Whale) DON'T!!! I just finished it and it is one of the worst, most disappointing books I've ever read, and took me the whole continent of South America coast to coast to struggle through it! Anyway, love to all at home and I´m looking forward to English soil very much. TY
Nil:
I don´t know what´s worse, Tom having to read that god awful book, or me putting up with him whining about reading it. Seriously, for the good of all healthy relationships don´t read Moby-Dick. Enough of Moby-Dick, Uruguay is the 13th country of our trip and it was a very pleasant journey between Buenos Aires to Colonia. A modern ferry took us over still, calm waters to the little smuggling town (I cannot emphasise how calm the waters were, and I honestly cannot understand how Tom felt unwell on them! He well and truly has sworn an oath NEVER to board a boat ever again). Tom and I blitzed the little Portuguese town in two hours. It had beautiful cobbled streets, bright coloured flowers climbing the front of the Portuguese styled houses, and there were flurescent green birds flying around the palm trees, so it was very much a feast for the eyes if you´re like me and enjoy wildlife. Montevideo is calling us, so I had better sign off soon, but I did want to mention how the Uruguayans have a very bizarre accent! I suppose it sounds almost Portuguese and that wouldn´t be surprising, but it sounds like Portugal´s Portuguese, not Brazilian... weird!!
Only 9 days till we come home now, and only 8 to get to Rio. We´re off to Porto Alegre in Brazil tomorrow night and hopefully we´ll find a connecting bus the next day that´ll take us directly to Rio. Lots of love xxxxxxx
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