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- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
- UY
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Colonia
Travel Blogs from Colonia, Uruguay
Another day, another country
As we had some days to spare and Uruguay was within spitting distance of Buenos Aires we decided to kill a few days in yet another country. We caught the fast boat from Buenos Aires as you know I do not like boats god bless stugeron which made me ...
One last detour
... last detour. Not on the original schedule but figuered what the hell. I have the time and a page in my passport. Uruguay is meant o be more relaxed than its neighbour Argentina and I have to say it does come across that way.- Less arrrogant ...
Sleepy little Colonia
... The smoke and the perfume stench combined to make me feel rotten, and I burped all the way home. The chaos of Buenos Aires was even more striking after our four days in Uruguay, and we are looking forward to getting out of this mental city on ...
Day trip to Uruguay
... passport controls was another interesting experience. The sound of stamps being thumped down on passports was deafening. The journey over to Colonia del Sacramento only took an hour. CdS is a small little town in Uruguay dating back to late 1700 when ...
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In the Time of Gauchos
... . He asked us if we'd seen the "evil green plant" around, the soybean crop which has in recent years ballooned into Uruguay's biggest agriculture industry, with prices at up to 350USD per ton. The soy beans planted are made by US company Monsanto, whose ...
24 hours in Uruguay
... river. In a weird tit for tat colonialisation Spain then went on to found Montevideo later to become the Uruguayan capital. Colonia was ceded to the Spanish in 1750, but the Portuguese residents resisted the transfer of power so it wasn´t actually ...
You're a what? Guy? Gay?
... one bank from the other. It takes this fast ferry an hour to cross it, and the slow one takes 3. Colonia del Sacramento's historic district occupies a beautiful point jutting out into the estuary. We hiked off the boat and into ...
Back in time
... in pristine condition, deep set cobbled streets full of Art Galleries, high ceiling cafes and funky restaurants probaly makes Colonia one of the quaintest places we have been to so far on our travels. So after aimlessly walking around the ...
The cobbled streets of Crazy Town
... and quite possibly another time! It was a lovely hot day and we decided to take a short boat trip across to Colonia in Uruguay - 1st Class of course darling! One hour after sitting down in our roomy, reclining seats and outside of several ...
A two week stint through Uruguay
... ran off to the ferry. It was a peaceful trip on the great big catamaran and a few hours later, we arrived in Colonia, Uruguay. Colonia is a quiet little town with cobbled streets, very few cars, and loads of bikes and the main transport is on horseback, ...
Massage
Today we walked through the back streets of a residential neighborhood and found the usual mix of well kept homes and those not so. Several homes had little businesses being run there...a pharmacy, butcher shop, auto repair, etc. We returned to the ...
Colonia Uruguay
A UNESCO World Heritage protected town. Gorgeous old buildings and relaxing evenings sitting at an outside restaurant, eating grilled river fish and watching spectacular ...
Another Day, another country
... . The next day we packed up and decided to catch a boat across the Rio del Plata river to Colonia in Uruguay. This is a pretty little Spanish, colonial town which is famous for its 18th century architecture and a real tourist draw in ...
Auf der ander Seite des Flusses
... BA in einer Stunde über die Flussmündung des Rio Plata (NB: Plata = Silber, aber gefunden wurde nie welches) nach Colonia del Sacramento. Wir hatten beide das Gefühl, dass wir nach Chile und Argentinien wieder in ein bisschen weniger entwickeltes und ...
At least I know they have good bars in Uruguay...
I went on the day trip today to Colonia in Uruguay with Gemma and Caroline, two girls from the Iguazu Falls that I bumped into in Buenos Aires. The day started off a bit cold and wet, but quickly developed into a full scale storm whilst we were on the ...
Colonia del Sacramento
... Gem´s stuff and mine, gave some money and ran to get the taxi. Anyway - we made the bus (just) which took 2.5 hours to Colonia - that is 2.5 hours sittting next to a very smug Gem. Lesson is - don´t arrange to pick up laundry on your departure date. On ...
A Damn Good Jazz Face
Colonia, as one would expect, contains many colonial buildings. More of a surprise were the amount of classic cars and motorbikes, dozens of which predated WW2. It takes us half an hour to see Colonia´s sights, these include the alley of sighs, a ...
Journée paisible à Colonia
Notre but aujourd'hui´hui : visiter la ville et rester à l´ombre. Nous nous levons tranquillement pour prendre le petit dej avec un couple de vieux américains de l´état de Washington, Robin et Steeve. Puis nous visitons la vieille ville qui est ...
FULL DAY TOUR TO COLONIA = URUGUAY
... of the the Cote d' Azur. We on the other hand were off on a whizz-bang introduction to Uruguay and a special visit to Colonia del Sacramento which is the only Portuguese settlement along the Rio Plata. A 17th Century town with Portuguese ...
Time to relax .....
We took a ferry to Uruguay which took just 90 minutes from Buenos Aires. It was incredibly hot when we got here, especially during the middle of the day when the only thing to do was get a cold drink or ice cream and sit in the shade! ...
Love it
... water all around. I went back to the seats and took a nap. It was very much needed. We arrive in Colonia's Buquebus station and there's a couple of buildings marked Buquebue but they all look very run down. We actually go into another ...
Relaxing
... and organize exactly what we had been spending. So far, we have $16 dollars missing from Argentina (in argentine pesos) and in Uruguay we are not missing any. We decided to be cheap and got a take home pizza at the grocery store for 70 ...
Colonia
Jumped across the river to Uruguay. The boat landed in Colonia, a little town with a very European feel to it. I can also tell that I am getting farther and farther north. The sun is setting befor 9pm and the weather is getting ...