April 20, 2006
Day 204
Today I wanted to head off to Punta del Este, a beach resort a few hours from Montevideo. On my way to the bus station, however, it started to drizzle. Drizzle turned into rain, which turned into a torrential downpour. By the time I got to the bus station,… Read More »
April 19, 2006
Day 203
This morning I went to the tourism office to find out what to do in Montevideo. When I was here during my cruise, I basically just walked up and down the shore for a few hours, so today I wanted to do some more touristic things. I was given… Read More »
April 18, 2006
Day 202
The day of going to Uruguay had finally come. I had to get up really early this morning to start out my trip with a bus ride to Tigre. I know, you're thinking, "Not there again!" but that's just where the ferry left from. The bus dropped me off,… Read More »
April 17, 2006
Day 201
My main mission for today was to get to Uruguay. I started out the day by looking around for cheaper tickets than the one I found yesterday. I found a company that would sell me a return ticket to Montevideo for one third of the other company's going price,… Read More »
April 16, 2006
Day 200
After Andrea left, I had a lot of work to do. My website seemed to be hopelessly behind, so I needed to spend a lot of time uploading pictures and writing blog entries. However, I also needed to squeeze in some relaxation, and visions of Uruguay were dancing through… Read More »
April 15, 2006
Day 199
Andrea Visit Day 7
Today was my final day in Buenos Aires and dedicated entirely to shopping. We were on a fixed schedule today as we had to be out of our room by 11:00 and had to wrap up our shopping by 4:00 so I could catch… Read More »
April 14, 2006
Day 198
Andrea Visit Day 6
The only thing we had to do today was go back to the Recoleta Cemetery. We didn't leave the hostel until noon, because we were waiting to see if we could stay in our same room. The people ended up not showing for their… Read More »
April 13, 2006
Day 197
Andrea Visit Day 5
On the agenda for today was the zoo, art museum, and a tango show. Dan called up his friend Kathleen, who he met on the Antarctica cruise, to see if she wanted to hang out with us for the day. She did and we… Read More »
April 12, 2006
Day 196
Andrea Visit Day 4
Considering I went to bed late last night, I slept in this morning. I did not get carried away by bed bugs last night as I thought I might. I did wear as much clothes as possible last night; I even put the hood… Read More »
April 11, 2006
Day 195
Andrea Visit Day 3
Today was a day better spent doing pretty much anything but what ended up doing, which was not much of anything. We got up early with plans to got to Tigre, a smaller town 40 minutes, by train, north of Buenos Aires. The hostel… Read More »
