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Mi Buenos Aires Cumpleanos
Published: January 19th 2007South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
January 18th 2007
Here is the email I sent to all the Buenos Aires friends for my birthday on Monday...see what happens Hola Mi cumpleanos es eso Lunes (22 de Enero). Quero ir a Plaza Serrano para cena circa 9 or 10 en la noche. Despues vamos a la club para la cancion "Vamos a La Playa, A mi me gusta bailar". No se cual club todavia. yo envio email en sabado o domingo con mas plans Graham en ingles My birthday is this Tuesday (the 22 of January). I want to go to Plaza Serrano for dinner around 9 or 10 then head to a club. I do not know which club yet. I will send an email on Sat or Sunday with more plans Hope to see you there Graham ... read more
January 18th 2007
Today I walked around Colonia. Dave and I got here yesterday (the 18th) via COT autobus out of Punta del Este. COT has very safe and comfortable buses. Colonia is a small historic little town. It reminds me of St Augustine Florida with its cobblestone streets, ice cream shops, great food, tons of seafood, its a port with a marina as well. The beaches here are ok. The water is at the outlet of the delta, so its a little murky not to mention a green alge floating on top of the water. Went swimming in it anyway because it was so damn hot. At 5 and 6 in the afternoon, it felt like 90 degrees on the beach. The sun dropped and cluds moved in and cooled the city of Colonia down. Colonia is for ... read more
My Company Notification
Published: January 19th 2007South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del SacramentoJanuary 18th 2007
DPR has been notified I am not returning in January. Not sure how they will react, but I am hoping it will be ok ... read more
January 13th 2007
When explaining my likely itinerary to people before leaving the UK, I don't think I mentioned Uruguay. I had assumed that I would dip into the country for a day or two and that would be it. As it turns out, Uruguay has plenty to keep travellers occupied for a good while. I spent 8 days there and could easily have stayed longer. Montevideo is probably most famous for playing host to the first World Cup Final in 1930, which Uruguay won. I visited the old stadium and the football museum inside it. The city remains an important port, where there is a large food market with so much succulent meat on display that it is impossible not to stop for a steak or sausage. I enjoyed the atmosphere of Montevideo - the city has plenty ... read more
little colonial superstar!
Published: February 10th 2007South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
January 3rd 2007
2nd january- 3rd January Colonia is a little gem...filled with colonial buildings and cute little things...kind of makes u sick after a while really as to how cute it was. we met some cool people there and had way too many drinks! all in the one night we were there! walked around the old town, admiring the colonial architecture. but admittedly, one day was more than enough. Its not as memorable as people make it out to be! but worth a quick stop if you are in the area! also lacking beaches....which was just as well we were heading to Punta del este ... read more
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Welcome to Uruguay
Published: December 19th 2006South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
December 19th 2006
So i have spent the last week in my spanish course i must say i didn´t learn heaps in a week but i learnt some basic grammer which i´m sure if i practise it will make a world of difference to my spoken spanish. All in all the spanish course was good fun and met some cool people as it was appraoching christmas time most of the residents that had been in the house for upto 6 months were leaving so there were a few farewell parties. I think it was wednesday night at the hard rock, Thursday at a greek resturant smashing plates and dancing... ...then saturday was a massive night at a place called sunset. It was a beautiful night, hanging out with one of the cute brazilians all night dancing, getting a cab ... read more
December 16th 2006
It was just a short journey up to Colonia from Montevido and on the way, we managed to pick up a guy from Oz and the three of us headed to the hostel together. it was really nice (i will try to remeber the name!) and had big, clean dorms and a sunny courtyard. we went to sort out our ferry for the next day to Buenas Aires and found out that ´cattle class´didn´t leave until 8 the next evening which was good because it meant we had extra time to check out Colonia. What a pretty city it was! we easily spent the afternoon wandering around the small Marina and quaint little cobbled streets. There was also an Aquarium (which got me excited!) but alas, it was shut until the next day! That night, the ... read more
December 14th 2006
With only a few days left before we fly to Ushuaia, and having done everything in Buenos Aires that interested us, we were ready to visit the surrounding areas. We had wanted to visit Uruguay and there were ferries that took you across the river (Rio de la Plata) to Colonia del Sacramento, an old smugglers port in Uruguay. So, leaving the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires in the morning, we went to the boat station to find that the only boat bound for Colonia was not leaving until late in the afternoon and wouldn’t be arriving in Colonia until around 6 o’clock or so in the evening. We also found that the return boat from Colonia back to Buenos Aires was in the late morning. We had made the wrong assumption that there would be ... read more
To short of time in Uruguay
Published: December 5th 2006South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento
December 4th 2006
Trapped inside a skeleton key house....I am writing about the beauty of Colonia, Uruguay. Another change of plans. That is a reoccuring them when traveling. Living life on a day to day basis. Swift, free, sometimes confusing. The weather in Buenos Aires was rainy and dark. A dismal day in Argentina. "Early" in the morning i was setting out for another passport stamp (I definately need it since my old passport somehow disappeared). Another glimpse of the world. i was meeting four strangers for the days event. A friend of a friend. The amorphous nature of friendships while traveling is splendid. After travelling on the subte, getting turned around during my first steps of the road (I get disoriented when i don't know where the ocean lies), dodging traffic on a thickly auto packed road filled ... read more
November 29th 2006
These are pics from our recent trip to Colonia. If you're ever in Buenos Aires, it is definitely worth the hour-long ferry ride over to Colonia, Uruguay. Its very small and can be seen in an afternoon but I highly recommend spending a night there to get the full effect...... read more
