From Colonia we took a three-hour bus ride to Montevideo, the last city we would visit in South America…this trip. Montevideo is the southernmost capital in the Americas and has a population of about 1.3 million people, making up about a third of the small country’s entire population. Last city means a last hotel, and […]
Read MoreA la découverte de Colonia del Sacramento, cité pittoresque dans notre dernier pays de ce voyage. Discovering Colonia del Sacramento, picturesque city in our last country of this trip.
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Our second day in Colonia we took to the historic district, passing through the 18th-century city gate on our way to the 19th-century lighthouse. Spending the day strolling through more cobble-stoned streets, climbing the lighthouse, meditating on the port, and enjoying hot chocolate and coffee, we finished our relaxing day as one should, with with […]
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And we were off! Calm waters and a sunny day were the perfect combination for a seamless ride across the Río de la Plata, taking us from Argentina to Uruguay. Our first stop was Colonia del Sacramento, UNESCO World Heritage site filled with sycamores, cobble-stoned streets, cats, old vehicles serving as decoration, and high-class restaurants […]
Read MoreNotre trajet de Puerto Iguazú à Colonia en Uruguay. Avec plusieurs tentatives de traversée du Río La Plata. Our trip from Puerto Iguazú to Colonia, Uruguay, with a few attempts to cross the Río La Plata. ~~~
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Fresh from the jungle filled with butterflies and waterfalls, we arrived to a dreary, windy Buenos Aires. The plan was to catch a ferry that would take us from Buenos Aires to Colonia, Uruguay, with about a 45-minute window to get from the airport to the boat-port. Our rush was for naught; high winds, choppy […]
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We had another day in Puerto Iguazú before flying back to Buenos Aires, so we headed to the wildlife refuge Guira-Oga where wild animals are rehabilitated and released if possible, cared for if not. We headed to the animals via John Deere tractor pull. It almost looks like it’s waving at the camera Trios of […]
Read MoreProbablement notre plus beau souvenir de cette aventure dans les Amériques. Un détour aux magnifiques et impressionnantes Chutes d’Iguazú. Notre journée à été pleine de soleil, de cascades, d’arcs-en-ciel et de papillons. Magique ! Probably our most beautiful memory of this entire adventure in the Americas. A trip to the magnificent and impressive Iguazù Falls […]
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Click here for a video of our day at the Falls. I had wanted to visit Iguazú Falls for over a decade, so it was a dream realized when we made the two-hour flight from Buenos Aires to Iguazú and spent a full day at Iguazú National Park. The pilot looped around the waterfalls twice […]
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Our last day in Buenos Aires, we headed to the iconic La Boca neighborhood. The neighborhood sits at the mouth of the Riachuelo River, (hence its name La Boca – The Mouth) its brightly-colored Caminito Street La Boca’s biggest draw. Even the Pope was hanging out in El Caminito Calico Cat stop Apparently the day […]
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This Framerican Life 