http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Uruguay , West , Colonia del Sacramento en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:30:07 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:30:07 UTC Hola Amigos We traveled to Uruguay today to visit the Unesco world heritage town of Colonia. Before we could start our adventure we had to get through the ferry boarding system. We went to 5 different desks one to tell the guy where we wanted to go one to pay for the ticket another for them to rip off one portion of our ticket stub another to go through imigration and finally another to boa http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-344518.html After a full day on Friday with lessons and planning for the onward travel later this week Jerry and Nicole both from Colorado and I took the late ferry for the one hour ride to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay just across the Rio de la Plata. Our BB was just four blocks from the ferry terminal and once we checked in and dropped our bags off we ventured out for dinner to celebrate Nicole's http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-343651.html We took a day trip out to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay its just a short ferry trip from Buenos Aires. Its a beautiful place for a mini holiday from travelling. Little cobblestone winding streets great restaurants cute harbour with views overlooking Rio del Plata and beautiful weather its enough to put anyone in a brilliant mood for a day. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-343310.html Couldn't fit the photos I wanted to put on in the last listing so here's a few more. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-332453.html Ah Colonia. Where have you been all our lives If you look anything up about it on the web or elsewhere believe the hype. Serene beauty that has been somewhat protected to keep it set back in time. Portuguese laid cobblestoned roads they got there around 1680 with ruins and buildings in tact also. Those in tact have been restored though and display some old relics of history. Most of the hou http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-332419.html Don't know what happened to the video so I'm trying again. Hope it works this time.In Colonia del Sacremento at the moment. Why didn't we come here first Maybe because we'd never leave. Will write more soon tonight maybe. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-332362.html With no school this week we are a little bit lost. On Monday we go to the park for a bit and read some guide books before deciding to go over the River Plate to Uruguay on Tuesday for a couple of days.We get up early to go to the bus terminal and buy a ticket over on the slow boat 3 hours at 9am returning the next day at 8pm on the fast boat 1 hour the slow boat is good on the way over as t http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-332075.html Didnrsquot manage to go rafting SPEWING It turned cold and the wind made it freezing. Just stayed at the hotel in the pool. Cal doesnrsquot mind he could stay in there all day. Sometimes I think we could stay at home and just go to the pool all day and hersquod be happy.On the last day we took a cable car up to Cerro Otto and had lunch in the revolving restaurant. Perfect unspoilt vie http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-331668.html Completamente ignorante sobre o Uruguai tanto quanto a alem que me acompanhava jamais tinha ouvido falar da cidade de Colnia do Sacramento. Para mim seria apenas o local onde pegaria o ferry boat para Buenos Aires. Descobri depois que a cidade uma espcie de Paraty uruguaia era patrimnio histrico da UNESCO e foi palco de importantes batalhas entre portugueses e espanhis poca da colon http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-331279.html I finally found a place with a slightly faster upload speed so there are bunch of photos probably too many included in this and the next entry. I hope to upload another video at some point. But now Im tired Hey KidsWell Ive been battling a cold for over a week now. So I got the hell of out Buenos Aires. Its a great city but I needed to move on. I spent a horrible night in a hostel and http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-329512.html So onto the last bit of travel the last crossing borders and the last part of our holiday. Sad times indeed but before all that Buenos Aires beckons.Despite waking at 8 the early boat time means that we only have time for a breakfast and packing before walking over to the port.At the port we get our entry and exit stamps and Tor gets hers again as somehow they missed her out and then we wait for http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-324691.html We wake up and find that the rain has run through and left a bright fresh and crisp day. We have a simple breakfast before heading into the main square. Here the remains of an old estate lie visible whilst around it a host of beautiful colonial buildings containing shops museums and obviously homes. Many of these buildings are in great condition.Wandering down to the shore we take in the fresh s http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-321736.html We arrived in Colonia or Colonia del Sacramento to give it its full name slightly later than planned and it was raining to boot.We check into the hotel which is a lovely quaint old place with many original features. There is also a very unique toilet in shower arrangement in our room and we spend a fair bit of the evening trying to work out the hows and whys of this.Eventually hunger gets the b http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-319087.html Wersquore now in Uruguay. It only took an hour to get here from Buenos Aires. By ferry. We arrived in a lovely colonial town called Colonia. It was colonised by the Portuguese and is full of beautiful Portuguese pottery and lovely old buildings. Cobbled streets and lots of old cars including loads of Fiat 600s. It was a bit chilly too. We went to El Drugstore for lunch delicious food http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-311666.html It's time to move on and leave for Argentina today. But instead of taking a direct ferry connection to Buenos Aires we decided to take a but to Colonia a very old traditional town in Uruguay opposite to BA. The town is definetly worth a visit and moreover the distance to be covered by ferry is less far than from Montevideo. Colonia was founded by the Portuges in early colonial times to observe n http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-309517.html De voortekenen voor onze bijnaweek in Buenos Aires waren in de bus al goed. Want van twee verdiepingen eerste en tweede klas hunkerende passagiers ging uiteraard niemand minder dan ondergetekende met de hoofdprijs van de bingo aan de haal een volle fles Argentijnse en naar later bleek hele vieze rode wijn Het was het begin van een week in een geweldige stad vol antiekmarkten vol oude meuk http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-309481.html Colonia coastal city of clowns and golf cartsYou may ask why and we asked each other exactly the same thing. for a small sleepy town on the coast of uruguay there are a lot of clowns milling about and lazy tourists zipping around in buggies. It has been bitterly cold over the past 2 days but we were able to layer almost everything we brought along with us to stay warm. The sun made an appearance http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-307976.html 2672008Today was pretty much a day where I had stayed at home and studied as we have our finals on Monday and an oral presentation on Tuesday One of the highlights I guess was when I visited the markets down in Paseo Recoleta I brought me some nice presents which I have been saving forhellipas for me there is still some space in my luggage After that it wasnrsquot really a very interestin http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-305675.html 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 A nice little UNESCO world heritage site Colonia del Sacremento is just a ferry ride away from BA. A perfect place to kill a couple of days by the sea. The weather was grey and overcast just like being at the English seaside. Thankfully the weather cheered up.Rather childlessly and we freely admit that it was we rented a little motorbuggy and set off along the coast. Just out of town was a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/West/Colonia-del-Sacramento/blog-279773.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