Blogs from Colonia del Sacramento, West, Uruguay, South America - page 9

So, I am on my own for a week or so. TJ has gone back to the US to celebrate her mum´s 60th and probably get a new set of cothes for Costa Rica! I decided to go to Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay for a day trip. It´s only one hour by ferry from Buenos Aires, and it was the chance of gettin another stamp on my passport. The weather was superb in Colonia and I have an amazing set of pictures to prove it. The downside of travelling alone is that one has to depend on the kindness of strangers to be in the pictures themselves or become very good at using the self timer function (and hope that noone is going to make a dash for the camera at that point!). I had ... read more

Carmen - please note another country requiring a pin on the map please :) We took the fast boat (one of two options) of 1 hour to cross from Buenos Aires to Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay. Main reason for my enthusiasm was it was another country and also featured in Mr Brimelow¨s 1001 places to visit guide! The customs process of, out of Arentina and into Uruguay took place on the Argentine side. It was not too bad but did involve further stamps on various pages of my passport - getting a bit concerned I am going to run out of pages for them to stamp! Anyway, boat journey uneventuful with not much to see but dirty water we arrived in Colonia. The tourist information at the harbour closed we wandered into town in the general ... read more

Yesterday was the 3 month trip to Uruguay that everyone who travels to Buenos Aires has to take. Upon entering the country you are given a three month visa, and so since most of us from the class arrived at the same time, it was time for us to go. Out trip ended up being Ayla, Julia and me, with Heather and her parents also taking the same boat, Tom, Chris and Hans had to go earlier because they had entered the country about a week earlier than any of us. We left from the terminal at 10 and took the hour long boat trip to Colonia across the Rio Plata. The river, which is pretty close to the ocean is very brown and the morning was cloudy, so the day wasn't looking so good. By ... read more

Strand, Sonne und Sterne - Reisen mit der großen Schwester Hi, also erstmal bevor ich es vergesse: Ich möchte mich ganz herzlich bei meinen Freunden für die vielen Geburtstagsgrüße bedanken. *DANKE* Ganz besonders das unglaublich geile Gruppenfoto aus München. Überragend!!! Am liebsten hätte ich euch alle zur Party nach Buenos Aires einfliegen lassen. Aber ich sehe euch ja bald alle wieder. Ich bin Passagier des Fluges Rio De Janeiro - München, und werde bei der Landshuter Hochzeit im Juli mit dabei sein. Bis dahin will ich noch möglichst viele interessante Orte in Südamerika sehen und hab deshalb meine Wanderschuhe wieder geschnürt, den Rucksack aufgeschnallt und Buenos Aires „ade“ gesagt. Wo ich bin, mit wem ich reise und warum dieser Blogeintrag den Titel - 5 Stars Traveling - trägt, könnt ihr euch auf den besten 50 ... read more

I woke up today not sure where I was going to be staying. It was up to current hotel, if they had a space for tonight I would stay, if not I would catch a bus to Montevideo. I am happy with either possibility, or anything new. Life is wonderfully slow in Colonia and I am the most relaxed I've been on this trip so far. Uruguay is a fascinating country, or at least the one historical town that I visited. Some restaurants have Swiss food, others have Italian, and more have barbequed beef. The local cheese is quite good. Everyone seems mellow and quietly friendly. There is absolutely no pressure on tourists. Most of us walk around the historic town taking photos (that was yesterday). Today I am going for a walk on the beach. ... read more