Uruguay, who would've thought.

We never planned to go to Uruguay, it was kind of a bonus track on our panamericangladiators greatest hits album. Indeed we had never really heard anything about Uruguay other than it was down there near Argentina/Brazil and presumably Paraguay.

We visited the beautiful colonial town of Colonia del Sacremento, an hours ferry ride west of Buenos Aires across the Rio Plato. We stayed in a hostel, which we are not used to. We were treated to an all you can eat asado, and bottomless jugs of wine, so it wasn't all bad. We even managed a little sightseeing between rain squalls.

We also had a rain soaked peak at Montevideo, the nation's capital. Torrey made a conscious tactical decision to leave his rain jacket in Argentina, and paid for it dearly. We think Montevideo was beautiful, but couldn't see much for the weather.

Finally, we spent two nights in Piriapolis at a fantastic apartment. We had huge views of the coast and a marina. We had a very nice day in the sun, before the perfect storm struck on our last night. We had rolling thunder and lightning for eight straight hours.