by senoritamaja | Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uruguay
For our final few days in Uruguay we decided to go for a well deserved relaxing few days on the beach. The problem with this was that it was raining almost all the time and it didn’t even seem hot enough to get into your bikini. We moved first to Punta del este,...
by senoritamaja | Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uruguay
We were very lucky in Montevideo as we arrived on the 2nd February, the day when followers of the Templo de la hermandad celebrate the Goddess Iemanja. For me this was mainly fascinating from an Ethnographic perspective as I always say my favourite thing about Latin...
by senoritamaja | Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uruguay
by senoritamaja | Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uruguay
After our first rainy day in Colonia, we made our way to Montevideo to our amazing couch surfing host Rodrigo. Seeing as everything is super expensive here and safe, we decided to hitchhike from Colonia. Montevideo is only 2 and a half hours away so we didn’t...
by senoritamaja | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized, Uruguay
So we arrived in Buenos with 10 days to spare before my flight to Rio and decided to pop over to Uruguay to check out what this little interesting little country has to offer. Although small in comparison to its neighbours, in the last few years Uruguay has legalised...
by senoritamaja | Feb 3, 2014 | Argentina, Uncategorized
Our flight back to Buenos Aires was supposed to be a quick and painless one, with our planned arrival on the day before Monika’s birthday. Unfortunately, not many things in South America are quick and painless. Because Argentina is humungous and the flight is...