So this where we come nearly full circle. I leave Interior Profundo and make my way into Montevideo to go and stay with Emanuela, a Sardinian girl that I met in Punta Ballena back in January. She has been in Uruguay for a few years and works, soon will turn to “used to work”, in…
Category: Uruguay
Interior Profundo
Time to leave Tigre and all the fun I had with Violeta and her super friends. For a change I have the good fortune that the ferry from Tigre to Carmelo, in Uruguay, and the follow on coach to Montevideo is the most cost effective way to get to Mvd. The sail is rather easy…
Getting out of Uruguay
So it goes that I have spent a great deal of time blogging of late. Fair enough, I think, no riding, no blogging. Quite a lot has come to pass in my life in the last month. Getting to Brazil was a bit of a dare, but now that the real business of cycling is…
Faster cycling
Night is fine, I get to take a picture for the 7000 miles milestone and also write it all down. I don’t go for a walk/ride in town and I simply decide I’ll do that in the morning. As it turns out I probably don’t miss much as I suspect La Paloma comes alive only…
Second day blues
Morning, I leave the “good” part out of it as there is frankly not much good in the morning. The afternoon is better but still it is a tough day, with both wind and strong sun. Anyway, lat’s take it in an orderly fashion. I wake up to a splendid morning of full sunshine but…
Milestones: 7000 miles
Seven thousand miles, a milestone earned on three different continents. So here are the facts and figures for these 1000 miles. Cycling Continents: 3 (Oceania, Europe, South America) Countries: 4 (Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, Uruguay) Nations: 3 (New South Wales, Scotland, Italy, Uruguay) Cycled distance so far: 7000 miles (11265 Km) Climbing so far: 274,320 feet (83,613 m)…
Heading for Brazil
La temporada, “the season”, has not started yet, it will start in full flow at Christmas and last, apparently till carnival time. For this reason I am taking four days off from my gruelling skedule of work and explore the east coast of Uruguay. The idea is to camp a few night, finish off the…
Life in the slow lane
I’m starting to make sense of this existence. I’ve been in Uruguay for a bit more than a week and getting used to this Work Away life. to start with it was a bit tricky as i did not feel I was pulling my weight, but then I realised that the rhythm of work to…
Hostel Punta Ballena Bar
Life at the Hostel Punta Ballena Bar is pretty easy at the moment. I have finally started doing some work and I’m not feeling like a complete freeloader anymore. Violet (other WorkAwayer) and Martin (the boss) get at each other a bit, Violet’s Spanish is way better than mine but I am catching up quickly….