Blogs from Colonia del Sacramento, West, Uruguay, South America
Leaving...Wanting More
Published: May 21st 2012South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
May 20th 2012
The awesome impact of a plane landscape can be vastly underrated. People seek out mountains and valleys; majesty and splendour, but as the saying goes, sometimes you fail to see the forest for the trees. An early morning taxi and boat ride later and we found ourselves no longer in Buenos Aires but in Uruguay, an oft overlooked and predominantly rural country sandwiched between Brazil and Argentina. From the port in Colonia del Sacramento, we were careful to avoid any sight of the old town itself, preferring to leave that as a surprise for our eventual return to this little Portuguese settlement a few days later. Instead, we jumped aboard the first bus we could find headed for Montevideo, the capital city, where we would spend the following three nights. Our ride would only take just ... read more
Wandering the quaint streets of Colonia, Uruguay
Published: April 25th 2012South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
April 24th 2012
Once back in BA, we had a little over 2 weeks until our friend Louise from home was due to meet us, and therefore we decided to split this time into two parts. Week 1 would be spent in Uruguay and week 2 in Bariloche, back in Argentina. The fact that we could get to Uruguay in around an hour was draw enough for us, but the warmer weather in this part of the world when comparing it to Southern Argentina was the clincher, and so we headed north to a small town called Colonia. In order to get to Colonia, it seemed the best way was to make the short journey over the water in one of the frequent taxi ferries leaving from BA’s port. When we arrived at the ticket desk we asked which ... read more
Uruguay - Colonia del Sacramento
Published: April 11th 2012South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
April 9th 2012
hola, hier ein paar Impressionen von unserem Tagestrip nach Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay... ... hier gehen die Uhren noch anders... ... Stress ist hier ein Fremdwort... ... sogar die Hunde schlafen... ... und wir auch... ... also seht selbst... Liebe Gruesse und gute Nacht Tanja und Lisa... read more
March 21st 2012
Wow, I didn't realize how much I was loving the Patagonia area until I came back to the city. I have been in Buenos Aires for a couple of days and am really dragging my feet about doing anything, including writing a blog. Nothing seems interesting enough to share, so I haven't. But, I do want to keep you up on what is going on, so here we go. Today I had planned a trip to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. It was listed as a nice day trip on a fast ferry to a quaint historic town. Sure, that sounded great. It was a nice trip on the ferry. It seemed odd to have to pass through customs and get a passport stamp for a 1 hour ferry ride, but it is to another country. I ... read more
March 8th 2012
I realise I haven´t written anything on La Boca, a district with El Caminito and all the colourful houses and what I suspect might be the birthplace of Mr Blobby. We visited this on the Sunday, passing the Boca football stadium as we went and... (look, let´s be honest, you´ve probably all read Will´s more detailed post on La Boca already. Like 4 days ago. I´ve completely missed the boat on this one and I apologize if you feel as if you´re being backtracked. I honestly won´t be insulted if you close your browser right now. Go on, do it! If you do want to carry on reading then thank you, I won´t let you down. Now where was I?)... yes, La Boca. It´s very colourful. Although if I´m being honest, although it was genuinely great ... read more
March 8th 2012
Tango is a carbonated soft drink sold primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland and from 2010 in Sweden, Norway and Hungary as well, first launched by Corona in 1950. Corona were bought by the Beecham Group in 1958, and Beecham Soft Drinks were bought by Britvic in 1987.In Scandinavia the drink is distributed by SMX Drinks AB. So as you can see I´ve Wikipedia-ed Tango and I honestly had no idea that the show we saw in La Ventana Tango bar was a carbon... read more
March 8th 2012
I told Will not to open the big red door in the basement of the hostel. I said to him ´Jinkies Will it doesn´t look safe, it gives me the spooks´, there were ´no entry´ signs everywhere, but he had to have a look, and I felt I should accompany him. We went through the door, past some coats, through a random snowy land with an ice castle and a faun, and now we´re in Uruguay. Will´ll tell you we took the ferry after a change of plan so as to escape the hustleybustley BA for a relaxing minibreak in Colonia del Sacramento, but he´s lying. I´m glad we did go through that red door though. Colonia is really really nice, its an old historic port set up by the Portuguese with tree-lined cobbled roads and ... read more
Monte, Punta del Este & Colonia
Published: January 20th 2012South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
January 20th 2012
Day 96 Sunday 15th January We went off to the Feria de Tristan Narvaja markets today which is a huge market in central Montevideo that closes streets for blocks, as we walked up to the area we passed the pet section with stall after stall of fish and tanks, then mice and puppies (it is a pity that the locals do not adopt dogs off the street instead of adding to the problem, I would like to know the statistics of how many of these puppies stay with the buyers all their life?). Next was the fruit and veg section it is huge with an amazing amount and variety, also in this area is fresh pasta, cheeses and salamis. Then there was a sprinkling of clothes including second hand bras – I don’t think ... read more
Cruising in Colonia...
Published: January 16th 2012South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
January 5th 2012
What a difference a ferry ride makes! Having left the hectic pollution filled streets of buenos aires behind us we boarded the ferry and crossed the rio de la plata, to be greeted by the tranquil cobblestone streets of Colonia de Sacramento. This was another place on our unesco world heritage site list to be crossed off and it didn't disappoint, from the tree lined streets filled with cafes tables and chairs to the old lighthouse this place had all we needed to relax after visiting it's rowdy neighbor. The fact that you could hire a golf buggy to drive round it's historic streets only added to it's appeal. With a top speed of about 15mph Emilie was even let loose to have a go and after a few near ... read more
My brief visit to Uruguay
Published: January 4th 2012South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
January 4th 2012
So after only 1hr on a ferry from Buenos Aires you can arrive in Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay. This small town can boast that it is the oldest town in Uruguay and is renowned for its world heritage site of the historic centre. I had planned to spend two nights over there, which was more than enough time to explore the cobbled streets and take in some sun on the sandy beaches in the bay and rent a bicycle. I had planned to have a couple of chilled out days here before I fly off to South Africa and start a whole new adventure with a few people coming to visit me, Firstly Philippa and then my parents! Can´t wait! But before that on my return to Buenos Aires Izzy and Siobhan were in town, so ... read more
