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São Miguel to Foz do Iguaçu
/1 Comment/in Argentina, Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe next morning I wandered the grounds of the old church taking photographs before moving on and logging about 250 miles to São Miguel D’Oeste in Santa Catarina state, arriving just before nightfall. A tiny enclave and barely a dot on my map, I rode around town twice without spotting a hotel. A guy on […]
Leaving Porto Alegre
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue /by allanThe City Hotel here in Porto Alegre turns out to be a bit more expensive than I’m budgeted for, they offer me a much better deal after some haggling, but it’s still too high. I’m too tired to go anywhere else and I’ve got a lot of business to take care of: 1) Laundry 2) […]
Customs, Immigrations and the leaving the Devil
/0 Comments/in Brazil, South America, Travelogue, Uruguay /by allanToday would be a long day. In order to make time and miles I’d have to leave earlier than the 9 or 10am departures which, no matter my efforts, seem to be consistent on this trip. The 6:30am alarm was slammed to snooze until 7am when I jumped out of bed to perhaps the coldest […]
Ruta 9 Uruguay: La Paloma to Punta del Diablo.
/0 Comments/in South America, Travelogue, Uruguay /by allanI bid farewell to the nearly ghost town of La Paloma and headed northeast toward Punta del Diablo. With two destinations on my mind, I figured I could check out the infamous dunes of one of Uruguay’s few national parks, Cabo Polonia, and to walk in the shadowy history of one of the legendary Spanish […]
Jose Ignacio to La Paloma. The sandy dirt track.
/1 Comment/in South America, Travelogue, Uruguay /by allanI got off pronto the following morning winding my way along the coast, past beautiful homes and the roaring Atlantic Ocean. Things were more tranquil after crossing this unique if not wacky bridge that represented, I think, the rolling waves, and found myself rolling into El Barro. Nice quaint, toned down. El Barro Bridge from […]
Montevideo to Punta del Este
/0 Comments/in South America, Travelogue, Uruguay /by allanGazing out upon the point – Punta del Este. The ride from Punta del Este was a non-event. Yet arriving around sunset to this peninsula where the Rio del Plata river and the Atlantic Ocean meet was a joy. Just ten miles from the coast of this hip and tony resort town I pulled over […]
Last Day in Montevideo
/1 Comment/in South America, Travelogue, Uruguay /by allanMany travelers barely pass through Montevideo. And after spending almost two full days here, I wonder why. The city due to its small size is easily digestible. There’s great history, culture, art and architecture. Parts of the city and surrounding area offer commanding view of the ocean and the river. But sadly it ends up […]