http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Uruguay , West en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:50:21 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:50:21 BST Colonia del Sacramento is a little gem of a town on the coast of the river de la Plata which runs in between Uruguay and Argentina. Stacked with history and charm after our stay in the concrete jungle that was Montevideo we were looking forward to some cobbled streets and pretty views. We weren't disappointed.We arrived in Colonia after a short 2 hour bus ride from the capital and this time it r http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-297704.html I spent one rainy day in Colonia Uruguay. It's just 50 minutes from Buenos aires with boat and my last thing to check off from my list of things to do when Im in Buenos aires so I went over Rio de la plata with the Buquebus speed boat after a walk in Puerto Madero. But the weather in Colonia really ruined the whole thing so I mostly walked around thinking that this would be a nice place if I http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-292440.html Day trip to Colonia Del Sacremento Uruguay.While in Buenos Aires we decided to hop on a ferry to a small town called Colonia in Uruguay. This quaint town was stunned when I got ahold of a golf cart and decided to drive on the sidewalks. Fun times http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-290046.html Joes girlfriend Stephanie and her sister Jill met us up for about a week in Buenos Aires. While they were still in Buenos Aires we decided to take a day trip to Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay. We took a high speed boat over to Uruguay and like good tourist immediately disrupted the peace by renting a loud gas powered golf cart. This thing maxed out at 10 mph and had difficulty making http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-290013.html Nicky In true travelling style we decided that while we were this close to Uruguay it would be criminal not to hop across the Rio Grande and see what it was like. We took the boat from Buenos Aires last Friday to Colonia on the south coast. It is a beautiful seaside town full of cobbled streets stunning squares and views out to sea and back across the river to Argentina. On Saturday the sun was http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-285545.html Greetings dear readers. It has been some time since we shared our news but weve been having a bit of a traumatic time lately and have been a little distracted. Uruguay has been a bit of a challenge it must be said. Firstly it was closed for the weekend no boats across the river from Argentina and so we waited in Monte Caseros until the Monday morning before making our way expectantly t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-275483.html We are at the half way point with our time in South America and thus the trip to Uruguay to renew the visas. We were reluctant at first most of our students warned us that the country is very boring and dull. The trip started off on a bad note when we were fined 100 pesos for staying 4 days past our visas allowed. But we had no choice to go and arrived in Colonia de Sacremento after a 3 hou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-275145.html On Tuesday April 22nd my family and I escaped the grassfire smoke choking Buenos Aires and headed to the historic old smugglers' port of Colonia del Sacramento. A designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO the historic quarter of this town truly is worth a visit. From the cobblestone streets which were constructed in the 17th Century to Iglesia Matriz the oldest church in Uruguay dating from 1 http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-273651.html We took a two hour bus ride from Montevideo the capital to Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay. This town is the opposite of Montevideo. It is a small colonial town across the bay from Buenos Aires Argentina. In fact it is a common location for those staying andor working in Argentina to visit as a method of renewing their 90 day tourist limit. Many will take a ferry across to Uruguay for lunc http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-272087.html Well we decided to take a ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia in Uruguay for a day trip. Considered World Heritage of the Humanity in 1995 by Unesco Colonia del Sacramento is known for being one of the cities of the Ro de la Plata which still keeps the marvelous magic of its history.This is the most quaint place you will ever find. The ferry crossing was great really smooth and only took abou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-265842.html Colonia Del Sacramento is as the name suggests an old colonial style town in the West of Uruguay. Once used as a smuggling port thanks to its proximaty to Buenos Aires it is now a beautiful quaint little town full of fancy fish restaurants spanish style villas and cobbled streets.The hostel we settle in is very picturesque the views from the windows are attractive and the people very friendl http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-264090.html Hi EveryoneWe made it to Uruguay yesterday afternoon. We took a ferry across the river from Buenos Aires to Colonia. It took one hour on a hydro boat which is the fast ferry. If we would have taken the slow ferry it would take 3 hours to cross it So you can imagine how wide the river is One thing Gerard and I noticed here in South America is that the transportation is pretty efficient. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-263293.html Colonia in Uruguay is just a 1 hour boat ride away from Buenos Aires and it is gorgeous. We went there to kill some time while we waited for Jamesnew bank card which was supposed to be arriving at our hostel in Buenos Aires BA following the theft etc which happened in Brazil. The distraction turned out to be a gorgeous little village the old town full of big leafy treelined avenues with c http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-260361.html We decided to head over to Uruguay for the day to a small colonial town quite inspirationally named Colonia. We both realised that we knew pretty much nothing about Uruguay and i admit probably know no more now but it was nice to get to another country even if just for the day. Colonia is just 50 mins by boat from Buenos Aires and is quite cute cobbled stones and little houses but unfortunat http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-259230.html As a diversion we also spent a day across the border in Colonia del Sacramento Uruguay a short ferry ride across the river from Buenos Aires. The town was founded in the 1600s by the Portuguese and the historic district is now a UNESCO heritage site. The transport there was a tourist attraction in itself the Buquebus ferry. It had a huge dutyfree shop a cafe hundreds of touristclass seats http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-255185.html Heippa. Paasin tanne Uruguayn puolelle Colonia del Sacramenton pikkukaupunkiin ja kun taalla nayttais olevan kone jolla voin ehka lisata tanne pari kuvaa teen sen. Uutta kerrottavaa ei sinansa ole paitsi etta on kylla melekosen hiano kyla tama Unescon suojelema vanha kaupunki ja kaikkee. Aikomuksena nyt varmaankin sitten pyoria taalla hetken aikaa ympyraa ja etsia joku leiriytymispaikka. Jota http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-253783.html Hola AmigosWell we are now in Uruguay after a lovely ferry ride over on Buqebus from Buenos Aires. The bad news is there is till no sunshine and I am getting paler and paler much to my digust although Martyn doesnt appear to be to botheredSo we arrived in Colonia on Monday stayed in a very quiet hostel and the owner spoke no english so we got to use our very shady spanish although its amazing h http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-253451.html I went to Uruguay to visit a little historical town called Colonia del Sacramento. It lies just 1 hour by ferry from BsAs across the widest river in the world Rio de la Plata huuuge river looks more like a sea. Colonia was founed in 1680 and is full of remains after colonial times. This lovely place is a weekend destination of Portenos inhabitants of BsAs. Fortunatly during the week days is http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-244870.html Wczoraj wybralam sie do Colonia del Sacramento malego historycznego miasteczka polozonego w Urugwaju. Podroz promem z BA zajmuje godzine przez najszersza rzeke na swiecie Rio de la Plata. Colonia zostala zalozona w 1680 roku i pelna jest pamiatek po czasach kolonialnych. To przeurokliwe miejsce jest celem weekendowych wypadow Portenos mieszkancow BA. Na szczeszcze w ciagu tygodnia jest tam tro http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-244192.html The Supples are on the road again. We thought wed worked enough in Santiago 3 months thats plenty and after our trip to the south of Chile for Christmas thought our backpacks needed another airing for a few months. Santiago was ok for a few months only but inner city living and travelling on the crowded public transport system all over the place for work started to get us down. So we chucke http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-243555.html Tultiin tanaan tahan pikkukaupunkiin. Kiivettiin torniin. Buenos Airesin pilvenpiirtajat nakyvat vastarannalla. Syotiin rantaravintolassa. Nahtiin hieno auringonlasku. Kiertelin viela yolla kaupungilla. Kavin illallisella ja pystyin viimein rauhassa katselemaan tahtia kartan kanssa. Tunnistin monta tahtikuviota Etelan ristin ja kirkkaita tahtia joita ei Suomessa nay. Colonia on mukava pikkukaupu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-242457.html Hola again allFelt it was time to fill you in again with antics since our trip to Torres Del Paine Chile. The day after we headed back to Buenos Aires from El Calafate and decided we would stay two more nights to get everything sorted and book up our ferry to Colonia. Incidentally on the first night back in BA there was the small matter of Liverpool v Aston Villa. We tentatively sought out pote http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-240002.html ...The 22nd in Chile goodbye to Buenos Three days in Colonia and the OAP dancer... Good evening and how do A few more days have passed and so its time for me to burden you with the details of how I have been living life in that time. Apologies if the lecture style blogs have become somewhat tedious perhaps Ill try a more concise method this time round. A lot has happened in the relatively s http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-239063.html Other extra videos http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-238123.html http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-235579.html Slowing it downWeve now made our way across the river Plata to Uruguay. The boat ride was cool but Phil felt his usual queasy self Antartica trip could be interesting and there is a bit of a different pace to Buenos Aires Were in the sleepy little town of Colonia del Sacremento which is one of Uruguays hotspots and seems to be very cool. Weve spent the last day and a half wandering round http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-235234.html ..... beautiful as usual ... http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-231803.html Having walked the length and breadth of BA the day before we succumbed to the attraction of both hitting our 40th country so the next day we took a short trip in el Buquebus Boat over to Uruguay for the day. The boat left at 7am so we got to the port with plenty of time until Sheena breaks the news she has left her customs papers in the hostel....no trouble. We got from the porthostelport t http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-231283.html URUGUAY....woran denkt man wenn man an Uruguay denkt Ich Jens habe mir da eher Ureinwohner und Dschungel vorgestellt. Dana hat sich natuerlich eine ganz normales zivilisiertes suedamerikanisches Land vorgestellt. Natuerlich was auch sonstColonia eine kleine Stadt in Uruguay direkt gegenueber von Buenos Aires ist in den 30iger Jahren stehengeblieben. Nicht nur die kleinen Haeus http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-229425.html Hola AmigosWe experienced the easiest immigration ever as it happened in our sleep We arrived in Punta del Este at 7am and having walked around soon accepted that this wasnt the place for us. With every designer shop displaying the credit card acceptance sign and plush hotels that were clearly not geared towards us travellers we got a bus to the next town along to get us on another bus late http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-227591.html