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@citrux

The Art of Going With the Flow

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Paul
@citrux Jul 23, 2020, 12:50 AM UTC

Boca del Cufré

THURSDAY 2nd MAY. Passport on its way to London. Me westbound on Ruta 1 out of Montevideo toward Colonia del Sacramento. I had over a month to kill before having to return to collect my new passport,…

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Paul
@citrux Jul 5, 2020, 11:13 PM UTC

Montevideo

FRIDAY 26TH APRIL After packing away on the banks of Arroyo Solis, route 1B effortlessly led me along a muted water-colour painted landscape beneath a mackerel sky toward Uruguay’s capital of Montevi…

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Paul
@citrux Jun 24, 2020, 1:27 AM UTC

Punta Del Este

TUESDAY 23RD APRIL, I awoke indoors blanketed in a comfortable bed for a change. The spartan breakfast in the cool alfresco space of the RocaMar courtyard let a little air out of my buoyant start. Th…

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Paul
@citrux Jun 12, 2020, 11:15 PM UTC

El Caracol

FEELING PRETTY LAZY upon awakening. Friday 19th April - Good Friday. I laid in for a while before getting up to stroll along the deserted beach. The sun not yet strong enough to blunt the edge of the…

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Paul
@citrux May 23, 2020, 11:12 PM UTC

Going Coastal

ROADSIDE CAMPS AREN’T often the best, but this one turned out to be perfect. A clear night sky, the breeze whispering through the eucalyptus leaves and fireflies dancing in the wooded darkness below.…

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Paul
@citrux Apr 27, 2020, 5:33 AM UTC

Hell or Highwater

WEDNESDAY 10th APRIL. A bright and sunny day for leaving Balneario Ipora for Melo. Joining Ruta 26 east, the landscape spread out from distant horizon to distant horizon. A sea of agriculture over a…

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Paul
@citrux Apr 25, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

Uruguay

28th MARCH 2019. After three nights at Hotel Ermitage in Sant'ana do Livramento, I check out and head for the Receipta Federal building at the unmarked border on Plaza Internacional, changing my mind…

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Paul
@citrux Feb 6, 2020, 11:42 PM UTC

Happy Port

After a final Buffet Livre with Peter, I set about leaving upon returning to his house. As much as I like company, I tend to feel confined by expectation and convention. Rolling toward Porto Alegre,…

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Paul
@citrux Jan 31, 2020, 9:59 PM UTC

Itapúa

A DRY WEDNESDAY 13th March had me packing away as happily as I could summon for this burdensome task, high with the risk of losing small and useful items. Last call at the Tenda do Umbu for breakfast…

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Paul
@citrux Jan 7, 2020, 6:12 PM UTC

Bento Gonçalves

EIGHTH OF MARCH. Autumn in the Southern hemisphere. Poking my head out the flap to dewy grey weather over a layby on the Rota Romântica. Slim chance of drying out the tent anytime soon so I pack up t…

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