Uruguay, don´t tell them that your Australian
About my 20th stamp in my passport but only my first this trip that isn´t either Argentinian or Chilean. I was most impressed by the immigration process into Uruguay, I was trying to figure out why there was 2 people in Argentina on our way out checking out our passports and stamping it more then once when I asked the second person whether we had to do any more in Uruguay when we arrived to which she replied 'ya estas en Uruguay (you´re already in Uruguay)'. Board the fast boat and off we were across the Rio de Plata to Colonia de Sacramento in only 1hr.
Colonia was a beautiful town, cobblestone streets, colourful buildings, beaches along the river, lots of boats and a real friendly atmosphere. We had a real blast here just winding down after our always on the go time in Buenos Aires. Our first day we rented bicycles and checked out some old ruins and stuff in town, we then decided on an afternoon siesta (which since has sort of become a bit of a routine), before heading out to dine at the local yacht club/seafood restaurant (although we told ourselves our budget starts when we leave BA, we kind of let one more night slip in there).
Day 2 saw us hiring a scooter
(see, I actually still do have a face) and checking out some beaches. We came across this cool old buildings further north from the town. An old Coloseum (if that´s how it´s spelt)and this cool old ruin of a pier struting out from one of the beaches.
In the afternoon we thought we would take the scooter and do a little exploring when we came across another really nice beach that wasn´t on any of the tourist maps (I think that this was on purpose) where they had a cool restaurant and day beds and stuff. Very beautiful. We headed back to the hotel for our afternnon siesta before heading out for a for an awesome dinner of pizza.
Yesterday we came to Montevideo, spent the afternoon walking around the old port area where poor families rent old school run down mansions and shack up together (there's like 5 families in some of these things), we then walked around to see if we could find a cinema as we felt like grabbing a flick, but the only cinema we could find (apparently the only chain in Uruguay) shows artflick films from around the world, which is cool when you can either understand the language that the film is in (yesterday was French and Afghani) or the subtitles. So once again we returned to our hotel for our regular afternoon siesta before hitting the streets for some dinner.
Today we're heading south of the city to check out the beaches and a free rock concert that´s there tonight, should be cool! We have promised ourselves no afternoon siestas today (I hope our bodies can handle the cold turkey). Tomorrow we are off to Punta del Este which is like the big beach resort town for both Argenina & Uruguay, the weather looks like it will be on our side, so time to tan up before heading back to Argentina on our way to Brasil, hell can´t be white when we hit those beaches in Rio!
Colonia was a beautiful town, cobblestone streets, colourful buildings, beaches along the river, lots of boats and a real friendly atmosphere. We had a real blast here just winding down after our always on the go time in Buenos Aires. Our first day we rented bicycles and checked out some old ruins and stuff in town, we then decided on an afternoon siesta (which since has sort of become a bit of a routine), before heading out to dine at the local yacht club/seafood restaurant (although we told ourselves our budget starts when we leave BA, we kind of let one more night slip in there).
Day 2 saw us hiring a scooter
(see, I actually still do have a face) and checking out some beaches. We came across this cool old buildings further north from the town. An old Coloseum (if that´s how it´s spelt)and this cool old ruin of a pier struting out from one of the beaches.
In the afternoon we thought we would take the scooter and do a little exploring when we came across another really nice beach that wasn´t on any of the tourist maps (I think that this was on purpose) where they had a cool restaurant and day beds and stuff. Very beautiful. We headed back to the hotel for our afternnon siesta before heading out for a for an awesome dinner of pizza.
Yesterday we came to Montevideo, spent the afternoon walking around the old port area where poor families rent old school run down mansions and shack up together (there's like 5 families in some of these things), we then walked around to see if we could find a cinema as we felt like grabbing a flick, but the only cinema we could find (apparently the only chain in Uruguay) shows artflick films from around the world, which is cool when you can either understand the language that the film is in (yesterday was French and Afghani) or the subtitles. So once again we returned to our hotel for our regular afternoon siesta before hitting the streets for some dinner.
Today we're heading south of the city to check out the beaches and a free rock concert that´s there tonight, should be cool! We have promised ourselves no afternoon siestas today (I hope our bodies can handle the cold turkey). Tomorrow we are off to Punta del Este which is like the big beach resort town for both Argenina & Uruguay, the weather looks like it will be on our side, so time to tan up before heading back to Argentina on our way to Brasil, hell can´t be white when we hit those beaches in Rio!
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