How many different experiences can you pack into one small country? After leaving the comfortable city of Montevideo I headed east to the little surfing village of La Paloma where I stayed with Ricardo and Nicole right on the beach. Three glorious days of sunshine, breakfast on the dunes overlooking the beach, being taken on adventures to nearby beaches by Ricardo and barbeques in the evening and I was reluctant to leave.. I was happy to be there before the summ...

I am now in the sunny city of Montevideo in Uruguay, after crossing the Rio Plate from Argentina. After leaving Ushuaia I travelled up the Atlantic Coast of Argentina, stopping at Puerto Madryn to ride my bike out to a headland to see southern right whales playing in the bay..they were so close that when I was sitting on the beach I could hear the sound of their fins hitting the water as they played in the shallows.. I then went back to the lively city of Buenos...