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An Awkward Time in a Hot Spring (Other Destinations Included!)

Monday 18th January 2016 – After a rather awkward goodbye process in which I saw everyone another three times after the original goodbye, I set off for Termas del Dayman, a few miles outside of Salto. It’s the site of some hot springs, and it was now that possibly the…

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Doug February 1, 2016 April 17, 2016The Adventure, Uruguay Boat Travel, Border Crossing, City Exploration, Goodbye, Hot Spring, January 2016 2

Horsing Around

Tuesday 12th January 2016 – “One point eight of you will not like riding horses.” This was how Juan Manuel began his introduction to Estancia Panagea. We’d just arrived, having been transported from the bus station in Tacuarembo in the back of Juan’s truck, granting an open to the air…

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Doug January 27, 2016 April 17, 2016The Adventure, Uruguay Horse Riding, Isolated Places, January 2016, Tasty Food, Wildlife Galore 2

New Year Ghost Town

Tuesday 05th January 2015 – I left Florianopolis at 7AM to get the bus to Porto Alegre, there being no direct bus to Montevideo. By 9AM I was away, and I arrived timely, sometime after three in the afternoon. This is where the plans were scuppered though. Straight over to…

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Doug January 23, 2016 April 17, 2016The Adventure, Uruguay Beaches, Border Crossing, Bus Travel, Caipirinhas, Cinema Abroad, City Exploration, January 2016, Tasty Food 0
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