General Interest

The Sea Lions of Cabo Polonia

Posted by on March 29, 2012 at 3:43 pm

Share Cabo Polonia  a little village located on a rocky point on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay is famous for its sea lions and for the fact that all the houses were built on Government owned land – by people who just decided to build there and enjoy the place (In Australia they are called [...]

Tango in Montevideo..

Posted by on March 28, 2012 at 11:11 am

Share After a few hours wandering around Tristan Navaro markets on our first weekend in Montevideo – we stopped at a little cafe to partake in Uruguay’s verson of a steak sandwich with the lot – Chivitos – and while we were placing our order using our limited Spanish skills – one of two beautiful [...]

To Bidet – or not To Bidet…that was our question…

Posted by on March 19, 2012 at 5:55 pm

Share A bit of toilet ‘humour’ from Ray One of the things to surprise us during our trip around South America has been the extensive use of bidets in both Argentina and Uruguay.  We initially thought of them as being a bit annoying especially since our digs have been comparatively small and it seemed these [...]

Scary times in Salvador….

Posted by on January 23, 2012 at 11:11 am

Share We had a very scary moment in Salvador – Ray shares his experience For several months while we were staying in Praia da Pipa we planned and re-planned where we would head next. Initially it was back to Rio then catch a flight north to Quito Ecuador.  Then it changed to a beach hopping [...]

Lavagem De Bon Fim – Salvador Bahia Brazil…

Posted by on January 14, 2012 at 11:11 am

Share The third Thursday in January – the 12th in 2012 it is the annual celebration here in Salvador of the Lavagem de Bonfim. We knew about this event before we arrived here but were told that it was no big deal..just people walking to the Church – Bonfim to cleanse both themselves and the [...]

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