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The three most impressive mausoleum cemeteries that I have seen have been in Havana, Buenos Aires and now in Montevideo. The first two market theirs as tourists attractions and rightly so but this is not the case in Montevideo. We literally stumbled upon it.

One of the highlights of the Montevideo skyline (I’m tempted to say, and there aren’t many, but I’m not sure yet), is the Palacio Salvo. My friends at Google tell me…. The Palacio Salvo is a prominent Art Deco building in Montevideo, Uruguay. Built in the 1920s, it’s known for its distinctive architecture, particularly its

Day 1 in Montevideo and we were looking forward to eggs and coffee for breakfast in the Airbnb with use of their professional style coffee machine. However, the mood was downgraded somewhat when it transpired that the plug for the coffee machine didn’t actually fit into the electrical socket in the kitchen (or any other

Montevideo is only a couple of hours on the bus from Colonia and is the capital of Uruguay. On the first afternoon I walked along the promenade adjacent to the old town (Montevideo has 14km of promenade) . A few missed opportunities here. No amusements, no fish and chips, no lemon tops, no buckets &

Colonia again and the crowds gather at dusk for some spectacular sunsets.

You can get a ferry here from Buenos Aires. It’s a medium sized Uruguayan town with a pretty old quarter and very much worth a visit. New money to negotiate with 53 pesos to the GBP so I have no clue how much I spent last night until I dare to look at my bank

Nice to see a hummingbird close up.

In Uruguay now and settled into Colonia de Sacramento where there seems to be a strange mix of long abandoned cars drivable American muscle cars.

We arrived at El Calafate airport on schedule at 3.30pm. However, due to a flight change, the plane was scheduled to take off at 8.20pm. Just 5 hours to kill at a very small airport with no working WiFi. An airport with only 8 flights a day, didn’t put them off from having 2 gate

Day 3 of the walking in El Chalten and we finally saw some condors close up. When I say close up I mean less than a mile away. Anyway this is the best pic I got. Luckily some other birds were more agreeable to posing for the camera.