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16th July 2014
Today we got up and had breakfast and made our own bread shapes ( i made a turtle and a snake) that we will get to eat later, afterwards we learnt how to milk a cow and were split in two teams to see who could milk the cow the most and win ! after […]
15th July 2014
today we took a really uncorfotable private bus to the estancia ( not enough spaces to be confortable) and got to the estancia, just before lunch where we were given barbecue sausage . after lunch we hiked for 2-3 hours to the river nearby ( rio negro) under the rain and got drenched, when we […]
14th July 2014
Today we took bikes and rode around the seafront of Montevideo from the city center. stopping on the way to take pictures at the city’s sign (a little bit like amsterdam’s but smaller) and at a lighthouse. after the biking we went back to the center of the city to eat a giant pizza .
13th July 2014
Today we went back to the ferry port to take a 3 hour bus to montevideo, our next stop . once in Montevideo we went to the port, in a giant hangard where there were lots of little stands acting as restaurants, where we ate food that was cooked on a massive grill . after […]
12th July 2014
today we took the ferry ( 1 hour) to colonia the first city in Uruguay , there we quickly visited the city center and tried dulce de leche ice cream , which was delicious , but after a while it started pouring down with rain (almost for the first time since our first week, so […]
11th July 2014
today i was met in the morning by the g adventure ceo i had talked to the night before who owns an apartement, and after a brief introduction we started walking towards the apartement ( a 20 min walk from the hotel ) during which i was shown the important places on the way and […]
10th July 2014
today i spent the day on internet looking for accomodation online and had almost given up until my previous tour guide gave me the contact details of another g adventures tour guide who owns an apartement and planned to show me his apartement the next day . in the afternoon, i went to the 4th […]
9th July 2014
Today we woke up super early (4am to take our 6am flight) to buenos aires, but unfortunately it was cancelled so we had to wait until the next flight at 10 am which was 30 min late, but at least we got a free breakfast. once we arrived in buenos aires, we took a private […]
8th July 2014
Today we were met by taxis to take us to a ranch about an hour outside of the city, where we got breakfast and started our horserinding tour around the village and fields for 3 hours , starting off by walking and then learning how to trott, after that just before going back, we got […]
7th July 2014
Today we took a bus n the morning to argentina , which took us 12 hours including a 3 hour stopover to pass through the argentinina border, which was torture as it was super slow, and super boring . we finally arrived in salta at 10pm argentinian time and had just enough time to go […]