Month: June 2006

A weekend in Uruguay

A trip to Uruguay and Montevideo can be easily achieved in a long weekend. We started with an early morning on our first day to catch the ferry to Colonia del Sacramento, a world heritage listed village (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/747) and the oldest town in Uruguay. Absolutely gorgeous! There were so many quaint buildings and streets my…

Vamos, vamos Argentina

After a mammoth day of travel (with four flights Brisbane-Sydney-Auckland-Santiago-Buenos Aires and except for Auckland, I had only about 20 minutes between flights with delays and had to run to make my connections, which I did – just), I arrived in Buenos Aires. It was late evening on Saturday 24 June and the 2006 Soccer…