As a traveller and often nomad, I find it important every now and then to have a base or somewhere consistent to stay rather than jumping from hostel to hotel, from campsite to website, from bus terminal to airport and from bar to cafe. I found that consistency as I decided to stay for 3 Read more about Casa De Perla: Living at Guana 2077, Parque Rodo, Montevideo[…]
Bus journeys become such a common aspect of travel, I’ve been on a bus in almost every country I’ve been to. To some people, bus journeys are boring and uninspiring. I enjoy them as a way to see the world from the quiet comfort of a window. As well as getting an onboard flavour for Read more about Backpacking in Uruguay: Bus Back to Montevideo[…]
Punta Ballena serves its purpose. Which is an enchanting, almost European style (think Meditteranean in Spain, Italy or Greece) seaside resort, quiet, rich and with amazing views. I went there to see the stunning Architecture of Casapueblo, that’s me inside the work of art itself. But to get there we had to get a bus Read more about Backpacking in Uruguay: My Visit to Punta Ballena[…]
“Milton Melgar will score the first goal of the 1994 World Cup!” – Jonny Blair and Paddy Campbell (16.05.1994) My trip to La Paz while backpacking in Bolivia would have been incomplete was it not for a visit to what is a cauldron of world football – Estadio Hernando Siles in La Paz. This is Read more about Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz: The Highest National Football Stadium In The World[…]
“Where are you when the sun goes down? You’re so far away from me” – Mark Knopfler. Somebody told me that Casapueblo in Uruguay is one of the best places to view the sunset from. I cannot remember who told me that – but they were right. This was unbeatable. I was staying nearby in Read more about Backpacking in Uruguay: Sunset at Casapueblo[…]
As bus journeys in foreign lands go, this was one of the easiest and most pleasant. Living some kind of dream on the Uruguayan south coast, I left Montevideo to head east for a few days to check out the trendy seaside resort of Punta Del Este. It is well recommended, and only time and Read more about Backpacking in Uruguay: The Point of The East – Montevideo to Punta Del Este[…]
I had a taste for travel in Uruguay but merely picked out four main places to see, which by coincidence were all on the south coast of the country, the part which is most accessible and to be honest where the majority of the population live. It was a country that endeared me so much Read more about “From The Old I Travel To The New…”: Backpacking in Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay[…]
Apparently it’s one of the seven human made wonders of the world. And it would actually be ridiculous to go all the way to Panama and not see it. So bang I was there. It was my first ever venture into Central America at the ripe old age of 30. I was in the Casco Read more about Miraflores Locks, Canal de Panama: Believe Your Eyes[…]