Uruguay

This is just going to be a small post, because Urguay is, umm, small! Tiny, the size of a 5 cent peice.
I just popped over for a quick visit of four days, taking in Montevedio, the capital, and Colonia, a really sweet little port town.
I caught the ferry from Buenos Airies with my new friend, Anya, a German girl I met in the hostel. After landing in Colonia we caught a bus to Montivideo to spend a couple of nights there. Montivideo is like Buenos Aire´s poor cousin. It´s ok, quite picturesque in parts with a couple of beaches that the locals like to hang out on, but really, they weren´t very nice. On our second night we did stumble upon a free concert in a square in the old city which was kinda fun. They seemed to be quite well known, some old dudes with some funny choreography and typical South American sounding tunes. We listened to them whilst we shared a huge plate of postre (dessert). There was some pretty good sweets going on in Uruguay, I have to admit!
Colonia was a much prettier place. Very cute, cobblestones streets and colourful houses, everything was tiny. You could walk the entire town in about an hour if you really wanted to, but we took a couple of hours exploring little alleyways and trying to take postcard worthy photos!

George Bush was in Uruguay when I was there. He is not a very popular man in South America. These types of signs were everywhere - it basically means Get Out Bush!

The old city at night, Montivideo

Alley of Sighs in Colonia

Colonia at night