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- Tag 105
- Dienstag, 4. Juni 2024 um 09:52
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 20 m
ArgentinienLa Boca34°37’33” S 58°21’35” W
Leaving BA (For Now)
4. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
This morning we were up even earlier by our standards at 7:15am! We were taking the 10:30am boat to Colonia in Uruguay. We were supposed to arrive an hour and a half before departure (we didn't) andWeiterlesen
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- Tag 105
- Dienstag, 4. Juni 2024 um 11:46
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 22 m
UruguayPuerto de Colonia del Sacramento34°28’11” S 57°50’50” W
Arriving in Colonia, Uruguay
4. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
After a smooth hour long boat ride we arrived in Colonia, Uruguay! We took a 10 minute walk to our hostel and were able to check in early.
Our first impression was that Colomia was extremely pretty,Weiterlesen
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- Tag 105
- Dienstag, 4. Juni 2024 um 14:48
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: Meereshöhe
- UruguayPunta San Pedro34°28’25” S 57°51’3” W
Colonia Pt.2
4. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We took a stroll down the coast to the beach and back. Not much more to add other than it was lovely!
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- Tag 105
- Dienstag, 4. Juni 2024 um 15:01
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: Meereshöhe
- UruguayPunta San Pedro34°28’23” S 57°51’11” W
Colonia Pt.3
4. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
More pics!
ReisenderPics are great 👍 . Thanks for sharing another beautiful place. Back to BA now . X
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 07:41
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Höhe über NN: 35 m
- UruguayTres Cuces34°53’42” S 56°9’54” W
Arriving in Montevideo
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This morning we were up even earlier at 6:15am to take the 8am bus from Colonia to Uruguay's capital city of Montevideo! It was a comfortable three hour journey and we arrived to some light drizzle.
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 11:30
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 33 m
- UruguayCentenarial Stadium34°53’40” S 56°9’16” W
Estadio Centenario
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Our first and most important stop of the day was to Estadio Centenario. This is Uruguay's national stadium and also hosted the first ever World Cup final back in 1930, the year it's construction wasWeiterlesen
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 11:47
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 39 m
- UruguayCentenarial Stadium34°53’39” S 56°9’6” W
Estadio Centenario - Pitch View
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
From the museum you could access the concourse and then the stadium itself, with the huge tower stretching overhead. Dan was delighted to find an Everton Chile sticker on the wall. Still a veryWeiterlesen
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 12:52
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Höhe über NN: 16 m
- UruguayFacultad de Medicina - UdelaR34°53’26” S 56°11’9” W
Palacio Legislativo
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Our first non-touristy stop of the day was to the Uruguayan congressional building, and also to the nearby market for empanadas and pastries!
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 14:27
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 69 m
- UruguayMontevideo34°54’24” S 56°11’10” W
Mirador Panoramico
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Our next stop was to this free 22 story lookout point over the city. We first had to go into what seemed to be some sort of council administrative centre and find the lifts going to the top.
TheWeiterlesen
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 14:41
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 56 m
- UruguayPlaza Libertad34°54’20” S 56°11’21” W
Avenue 18 de Julio
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Yet another date inspired road in South America, we took a walk along here towards the centre of the city.
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 15:02
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 31 m
- UruguayPlaza Independencia34°54’22” S 56°11’56” W
Plaza Independencia
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We made it to the cities man square, surrounding by interesting buildings. One of which is twinned with another building in BA, and the 'gateway to the citadel' which was being held up byWeiterlesen
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- Tag 106
- Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2024 um 15:10
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Höhe über NN: 57 m
- UruguayFacultad de Humanidades y Ciencias_UdelaR34°54’14” S 56°11’1” W
Montevideo Cathedral & Bar
5. Juni 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Next up we headed into the cathedral, which was absolutely spectacular! We sat here for a while and discussed our favourite church and religious memories (of which there were of course many). We thenWeiterlesen
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- Tag 107
- Donnerstag, 6. Juni 2024 um 12:49
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 27 m
- ArgentinienPlaza Italia (Buenos Aires)34°35’2” S 58°25’24” W
Back to Buenos Aires
6. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
This morning we took the 10:30am ferry back to BA which arrived at around lunchtime. We couldn't check into our Airbnb until 3pm so we went for some pastries, stopped for a drink (and a toastie) andWeiterlesen
ReisenderApartment looks fabulous, not exactly slumming are you, just sayin 😁
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- Tag 108
- Freitag, 7. Juni 2024 um 04:37
- 🌙 16 °C
- Höhe über NN: 27 m
- ArgentinienPlaza Italia (Buenos Aires)34°34’52” S 58°25’33” W
Georgia Arrives!
7. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
In the early hours of this morning our duo of two became a crowd of 3! Georgia, my friend from uni flew in from Amsterdam to join us for 3 weeks through the north of Argentina, Bolivia andWeiterlesen
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- Tag 108
- Freitag, 7. Juni 2024 um 11:26
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 24 m
- ArgentinienObelisk34°36’10” S 58°22’54” W
Central BA Best Bits Tour
7. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
For much of the day we took Georgia on a best bits tour of BA of things we'd already done and enjoyed.
We started by nipping into Palacio Barolo before heading down into the Congressional square. WeWeiterlesen
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- Tag 108
- Freitag, 7. Juni 2024 um 12:12
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 52 m
- ArgentinienPalacio del Congreso de la Nación Argentina34°36’35” S 58°23’33” W
Argentinian Congress Tour
7. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
One of the new things we did today was took a tour of the Argentinian Congress. We'd saved this for Georgia's arrival as we thought she would like it and also she speaks good Spanish. When we arrivedWeiterlesen
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Another lookalike? The American Congress! I suppose every country will use other countries architectural features if needed. 👍
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- Tag 109
- Samstag, 8. Juni 2024 um 10:57
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 22 m
- ArgentinienMatanza River34°38’22” S 58°21’44” W
BA Best Bits Tour Pt.2
8. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Today we recapped a few more of our highlights. First up we took the bus to the colourful La Boca where we spent a few hours. We visited Caminito, the stadium, enjoyed some churros and stocked up onWeiterlesen
ReisenderYOU LOOK LIKE A PROPER ARGENTINE IN YOUR NATIONAL SHIRT AND BOCA JUNIORS HAT 🇦🇷
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- Tag 109
- Samstag, 8. Juni 2024 um 13:29
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 34 m
- ArgentinienPlaza Francia34°35’15” S 58°23’33” W
Cementerio de la Recoleta
8. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Our new stop of the day was to Cementario de la Recoleta. This walled cemetery is home to thousands of spectacular pantheons and mausoleums of wealthy and influential Argentinians, including variousWeiterlesen
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- Tag 109
- Samstag, 8. Juni 2024 um 19:03
- 🌙 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 24 m
- ArgentinienPlaza Serrano34°35’23” S 58°25’37” W
Evening in BA
8. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This evening we (Georgia) had booked a highly commended local restaurant for dinner. Me and Georgia had a glass of red wine each and almost a kilo of delicious steak between us cooked medium rare.Weiterlesen
ReisenderKev's birthday today, 10th June. We may have had 1 or two baby guinness tonight as part of the celebrations. Maybe!!! 😬
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- Tag 110
- Sonntag, 9. Juni 2024 um 11:41
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.174 m
- ArgentinienIglesia San Francisco de Salta24°47’24” S 65°24’30” W
Arriving in Salta
9. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
This morning we were up and out by 5am to catch a 6:40am domestic flight to Salta, in the north of Argentina.
All went smoothly with the flight and we headed into Salta for breakfast toasties andWeiterlesen
ReisenderFinally, your winter hats can be packed away. Dan might need a bigger back pack! 🙄
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- Tag 110
- Sonntag, 9. Juni 2024 um 14:41
- ☁️ 30 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.450 m
- ArgentinienCerro San Bernardo24°47’24” S 65°23’35” W
Cerro San Bernado
9. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The highlight of the daytime was taking the cable car up to the top of Cerro San Bernado.
The queue was surprisingly big so after waiting our turn we boarded our gondola for the 10 minute trip to theWeiterlesen
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- Tag 110
- Sonntag, 9. Juni 2024 um 21:13
- 🌙 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.186 m
- ArgentinienPlaza General Güemes24°46’45” S 65°24’41” W
Peña La Vieja Estacion
9. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
This evening we headed out for dinner at a highly commended restaurant. The place has live dancers and singers all night as we wined and dined. A sirloin steak for myself to make it back to back steakWeiterlesen
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- Tag 111
- Montag, 10. Juni 2024 um 12:40
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.003 m
- ArgentinienDepartamento de Palpalá24°19’36” S 65°8’37” W
Salta > Tilcara
10. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
This morning we hopped on the 10:30am bus leaving Salta, heading north towards Tilcara! The views along the way as the passed through the Andes were absolutely sublime! We arrived safe and sound atWeiterlesen
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- Tag 111
- Montag, 10. Juni 2024 um 16:10
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.474 m
- ArgentinienTilcara23°34’25” S 65°23’60” W
Exploring Tilcara
10. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
After checking into our hostel we headed out to explore the small town of Tilcara. It looked like something out of the wild west with its traditional buildings and sandstone surroundings.
We hadWeiterlesen
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Hopefully they don't use llama meat in the Cornish pasties I've been eating over many years, ahhhh! 🦙
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- Tag 112
- Dienstag, 11. Juni 2024 um 09:30
- ☀️ 5 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.657 m
- ArgentinienHuacalera23°25’28” S 65°21’7” W
Day Tour Commences
11. Juni 2024 in Argentinien ⋅ ☀️ 5 °C
This morning we were picked up by Osvaldo, our friendly local guide who would be taking the three of us on a private tour of the areas surrounding Tilcara! He only spoke Spanish but thankfully GeorgiaWeiterlesen