Uruguay

It's raining.

This is my second week in Uruguay, and so far it has been lovely. Our first stop, after the freezing cold night bus from Rosario, was the capital city of Montevideo. The city has a population of about 1.5million, and is right on the coast, with a huge beach just metres from the offices and restaurants. We stayed in an apartment for a few days, then moved to a hostel for one more night before heading out.

We pretty much went to the beach everyday; the sun is ridiculously intense here and I'm having to reapply my factor 30 suncream very frequently but have somehow avoided burning (except my scalp which is very pink). Josh's friend Lucas from London is here, with his sister, as their dad lives in Uruguay, so we've been seeing a lot of them.

After Montevideo, we went to the small town of Colonia Sacramento. It has cobbled streets, and claims to have the oldest church in the country, so we had a look around at the old ruins and few sights it had to offer, but it only took us half a day! It was a really pretty place though, and our hostel was a nice place to spend the evenings meeting other travellers.

We are now in Punta del Este, the most popular beach resort in South American. Obviously it's currently Summer here, so the normally quiet town is overflowing with visitors from all over Latin America; our hostel is full of Brazilians and Argentinians. Lucas and his family are here too, so we've all been going to the beach together in the day, and drinking together at night!

Today is potentially our last day here though; it's an expensive place, even if you buy food from the supermarket and cook at the hostel, so we might move further along the coast to one of the smaller, less touristy resorts like Cabo Polonio or Barra de Valizas. Then we're spending the weekend in Punta del Diablo which is meant to be a fun party town, before heading to Brazil next week! Very excited!