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Feb. 26 – Uruguay

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Day 209 – We parted ways with Lyndell, Orlando, Arianna, and Dito; they were heading off to the airport that night. We had such a great time with you guys and loved visiting Uruguay. We can´t thank you enough for sharing your time and family with us during the trip! We miss you guys a lot and can’t wait to see you again, hopefully sooner than later! Thank you to all of Orlando’s family for bringing us into your homes and letting us feel like family; we had a really great time.

This morning, after sad goodbyes, we set off to tour Colonia and visit Orlando´s brother, Alejandro. Alejandro was super nice and walked with us all around town. He showed us the harbor, old town, and his neighborhood. The old buildings and the small streets lined with trees create a tranquil feeling throughout the town. While we were walking around we saw a vehicle that had to belong to a world traveler; they are easy to pick out because normally they are Range Rovers or Land Rovers and are fully decked out with storage and are very secure & strong looking. We left them a card of ours on the windshield with a note on the back. Overall we had a really nice day, that was spent in great company. After dinner and strong insistence from Alejandro, we stayed in his apartment for the night. He made me a steaming pot of herbs to breathe in through my nose to help with a small cold I was getting; yes the second one in two weeks 🙁 It really helped clear up my throat and nose. Great stuff!

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Feb. 24/25 – Uruguay

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Day 207/208 – We started off early in the morning to get back to Montevideo before the sun was scorching down on the car, and also to return Orlando’s rental car. The drive went really fast through green fields of grass that rolled along, with a few rock outcroppings appearing here and there. It was what I have been told Ireland might look like, not counting the bushels of trees that would pop up once in awhile. We also drove by a lot off of the side of highway that had about 15-20 ancient cars, which would be considered classics in the States. I love all the old cars down here, and how they keep them running. In Colonia we saw a Model T with wooden wheels, and it looked like it was in working condition!

A big storm blew in during the afternoon and dumped walls of rain on Montevideo. The wind gusted through the streets with such force it caused a few trees, and old trees at that, to be torn from the roots and crash down on the street! I hope no one got hurt, it seemed like no one was around when it happened. Our day was mostly spent working on the computer and watching cartoons (Tom & Jerry was a favorite) and playing soccer, of course. It was a good chance for me to catch up on writing, and for us to relax our sun soaked bodies. That night we watched a movie that Marcela´s boyfriend, Diego, helped produce, called Whiskey, which is the equivelent of saying ‘cheese’ in the States. It won the Prix du Regard Original and Fipresci International Critics award at the 2004 Festival de Cannes. I really enjoyed the film and thought it was a really well shot. It is about the life of an average Uruguayan who owns a sock factory; his brother comes to town to visit a year after their mother had passed away. Since he was still a bachelor and a bit embarrassed about not being married, like his brother was, he hires one of his workers to pose as his wife. For all I could tell there seemed to be some good dry humor and a great story line, though we only caught what we could because it was in Spanish… I am going to re-watch it in a year or two when I can understand Spanish better.

We spent the next day exploring Montevideo. We walked around downtown and the old part of town. We went to lunch at a superb restaurant with the family, Marcela, and Diego. It was an amazing meal, with a champagne type drink that is called ‘medio y medio’ (half and half), half sparkling wine and dry white wine. It was a delicious and refreshing drink on a hot day. Lyndell and Orlando treated us to the lunch – Thank you guys so so much; it was really good!!!! After wandering the streets some more, and looking at Museo Torres Garcia, (a great artist and if I was rich I would have bought a bunch of stuff from the gift shop), we headed back to the apartment and did some more computer work and watched more cartoons and movies.

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Feb. 22/23 – Uruguay

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
Day 205/206 - Being only two blocks from the beach, it didn’t take us long to go test the ocean waters in the morning, once we all got moving. Jason, Arianna, Lyndell, and I pretty much lazed around ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Feb. 21 – Uruguay

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
Day 204 - It was a long night, but we were all up early, because today we went to the beaches of eastern Uruguay. We stopped first in Punta del Este, a major beach town, and had lunch. ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Feb. 20 – Uruguay

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
Day 203 - We left early this morning with a stop in Colonia to have breakfast with one of Orlando’s brothers, Alejandro. Unfortunately he was unable to make it at last minute. Colonia has a world heritage ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Feb. 19 – Uruguay

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
Day 202 - It was a week of sickness. Orlando’s immediate family (Lyndell, Dito, & Arianna) unluckily got colds from the plane flight. Arianna was out of commission for two days with a fever, right after they ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Feb. 18 – Uruguay

Friday, March 3rd, 2006
Day 201 - Border crossing number two in South America - and it was first time we actually had our van searched. The officials for both countries are in the same building, on the Argentinean side, and it ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Feb. 16/17 – Chile/Argentina

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
Day 199/200 - We slept last night at a truck stop/ gas station at the foot of the Andes. We were right by a river that we had been following up the highway. There must have been ... [Continue reading this entry]

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