Even though we weren’t ready to leave Uruguay, we boarded a high speed ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aries, Argentina. We had one week left before our return flight to the states and our time in South America was rapidly coming to an end. Buenos Aries was the perfect place to end our adventure in South America, as it was the city I most wanted to visit on the continent. Maybe thats because I am a romantic and I have read about it’s comparison to Paris. I have seen it featur

“How much time should we spend visiting your country?” I asked the young lady from Uruguay as we sat beside the pool at a hotel in Paraguay. “It is a very small country. You could see everything in three days” she replied. Uruguay is small. In fact, it is the smallest country in South America. With a population of just over three million people it is about the same size as Mississippi. And, with half of the country’s population living in the capitol city of Montevideo, the co

After an amazing road trip through Uruguay’s beach towns, we spent a few nights in Montevideo, Uruguay’s capitol city. We wanted to spend more time in this city and yet we needed to turn in our rental car in a couple of days in Colonia, Uruguay. Colonia is a UNESCO world heritage site. It lies along the Rio Plato river across from Buenos Aires. It is a charming old town with romantic sidewalk restaurants and boutique shopping. It’s quiet streets in old town are perfect for le

Our short tour of the Ibera wetlands was filled with wildlife and adventure. Unfortunately, we couldn’t stay as long as we wanted. Our driver, Ezekiel, loaded us into his vehicle for the return trip. We again took the opportunity to hijack his sound system with some of our music. The trip to town passed quickly and we asked Ezekiel to drop us off at the bus station. Our plan was to make our way to Concordia, Argentina, a small town on the border of Uruguay. From there we woul