Blogs from Colonia del Sacramento, West, Uruguay, South America - page 11

Lovely lazy Colonia. Not much to do except eat and relax in a beautiful little town... read more

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 cobble-stoned 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 houses in the historic part, as well as the whole town, (pop. c. 20,000) are well looked after and painted brightly. There’s even an old Bull Ring here that’s falling apart and with no access allowed. I regret not jumping the fence and getting better photos, but there were young eyes watching. There are photos of the inside on other blogs on this site. We ... read more

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.... read more

Didn’t manage to go rafting - SPEWING!! It turned cold, and the wind made it freezing. Just stayed at the hotel, in the pool. Cal doesn’t 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 he’d be happy. On the last day we took a cable car up to Cerro Otto and had lunch in the revolving restaurant. Perfect unspoilt view of the Andes, as far as the eyes could see anyway. Absolutely fantastic. Shame about the food though. Maybe we expect too much, but the meals are pretty bland. Unless you’re don’t mind paying about the same as at home, the meals in traditional Argentine restaurants are tasteless. The Mexican and Chinese we went to were good, but the ... read more

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 sea air and I feel like all my troubles have been lifted. Once we return into town we find one of the many museums around town and pick up a multi-pass (URG$50) that allows us to visit the museums that were open, namely the Portuguese museum, the tile museum, the regional archive museum and the native museum. Not only are the contents interesting, the ... read more