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- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
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Colonia
Travel Blogs from Colonia, Uruguay
Colonia de Sacramento (Uraguay)
... which I had received from a Cuban in exchange for my fake POLO shirt from Sri Lanka. Zoom in on the picture! Colonia del Sacramento Population 22000 on the water with a pretty little penisula, old forts, lighthouse, old houses, cobblestone streets, ...
Ur-a-Gallavanting in Uruguay
... push the engine as hard as possible! Eventually it was time to head back across the water (there is a one-hour time difference between Uruguay and Argentina so that confused us for about half an hour when we had no idea what the time was or when our ferry ...
Weekend in Uruguay
... the owner turned out to be Diego Foran's dad's best friend. Earlier in the day we had tried to think of famous people from Uruguay - and the ex Manchester United player was all we could come up with. So to bump into his dad's friend that evening was ...
Just back from Uruguay...
Friends...Nate and I just got back yesterday to Buenos Aires after a great weekend in Colonia, Uruguay. Its a little town that in some ways resembles St. Augustine, FL, but WAY WAY WAY less touristy...it was originally settled by the Portugese, and then ...
Uruguay, chivitas and the worst meal ever
... host family to wake her up, Sara unfortunately slept in till 12 and missed the (quite expensive) ferry. Colonia, is a pictureque small town in Uruguay, which is a short distance from Buenos Aires. It is very popular with both tourists from Argentina ...
Horses and Mossies!
Went horse riding for the day and came back with 101 mossie bites all over my body spent the next three days recovering on teh ...
Charming Colonia del Sacremento
V: We had heard that Colonia del Sacremento was a good day trip in Uruguay. The ferry back to Buenos Aires left from there so we chose to spend a night here to make the most of our visit. Colonia was a tiny town, our b&b was just a few blocks from the ...
Sunsettin'
... . I guess Ireland and Scotland was out of his range for the day. Only 2 hours in the bus and we arrive in magnificent Colonia del Sacramento on the north side of the River Plate which you cross by ferry to land in Buenos Aires. Our pousada is ...
The sleepy town of Colonia
We are now in the Unesco world heritage site of Colonia. This little formerly fortified village is nestled where the river meets the sea, separated from Argentina by a simple 3 hour ferry ride. The water looks like chocolate milk and I am told it is ...
Walk about
... they gave us tater tots. Nick ordered a steak "medio jugoso". medium juicy, but it was still not medium rare. We are leaving Colonia tomorrow by bus to Punta del Este. I actually booked a room in advance this time so we know we have a place to ...
Colonia pequeña anticuada
After the great robbery and the carnival party atmosphere of Montevideo it was time to head somewhere a little quieter; Colonia del Sacramento, a quaint little town on the way back to Buenos Aires. I stayed here just one day to walk around the old ...
Uruguay? Guay not?
... in 1680 and is unique in that it's the only town in this region founded by the Portuguese. Visiting Colonia was like was like stepping back in time with early cobblestone roads (more like rocks and boulders), winding streets with old ...
Ueble Route
sers, eigentlich wollt ich hierzu nichts schreiben, aber wie das leben so spielt will ich euch eine colonianische alltagsszene nicht vorbehalten: bin heut n bissl auf der strasse rumgelaufen, die sonne scheint, polizisten regeln den verkehr, nichts ...
Horse riding in Uruguay
Hello all, we left Montevideo and took a bus to Colonia Del Sacramento, a cute little town 200 km from Montevideo. The old centre has been decleared World Heritage by Unesco. We stayed in a nice Posada with a swimming pool! But although the skies were ...
Uruguay was a Pleasant Surprise
... and amazingly they all observe the road rules. After a few days in Montevideo we headed West to an old smuggling town called Colonia del Sacramento. IT was a beatuful town right on the waterfront and as a bonus the hostel was half the price of the ...
Colonia del Sacramento
8th to 10th April 2008 On Tues, 8th I left Montevideo behind and caught the bus to the charming city of Colonia del Sacramento. I managed to share the taxi fare with a girl from Portland, US, who was heading to Punta del Este. I arrived around 2pm and ...
Colonia - quaint cobbled town
... morning we were up at 7am as we had to be at the ferry terminal at 7.45am to check in for our ferry over to Colonia which is in Uruguay. It was weird because the check in was like at an airport! The ferry over was 1 hour and I am happy to ...
A boat ride, a lighthouse and a jar of dolmio
... Aires, so we kicked back and chilled for 3 hours until Colonia del Sacramento came into view. Colonia del Sacramento is the oldest city in Uruguay and was originally founded by the portuguese in 1680. The city changed hands numerous times between the ...
Leaving Argentina for Uruguay
We left argentina by boat across the widest river in the world and crossed into Uruguay, Colonia del sacramento to be exact, now uruguay was suppose to be cheaper than Argentina as they to had problems when the peso crashed as most of their savings were ...
Smuggler’s Paradise
This is a top pick! ... in their control until 1777, when tax reform finally allowed foreign goods into Buenos Aires. Today, the historical quarter of Colonia is a UNESCO World Heritage site for its fusion of Portuguese, Spanish and post-colonial architecture. Colonia is a very ...
Blitz Uruguay
... , soak up the lovely weather and enjoy the sight of tourists wandering about, admiring the old world attraction of Colonia. The Uruguayans themselves look surprisingly different from the Argentines, despite being only on the other side of what people ...
Ferry to Uruguay
When we were in BA, we´d heard of an old smuggling town across the water in Uruguay that sounded really interesting. Looked into getting a ferry, and it was working out quite cheap, so we headed across. Really glad we did, the place is so small and ...
Uruguay Weekend Getaway
... hot water and suck the water through a metallic straw with a filter on the end. Its a traditional custom in Argentina, Uruguay and some parts of Brazil, and normally you would serve mate from one cup to all your family and ...
A Day in Uruguay
Colonia, Uruguay for the day One again, we make the buquebus boat to Uruguay in the nick of time. This seems to be a theme for us, but in our defense – we actually mobvilized in the morning before schedule. Leah wore her best outfit – a long ...
Colonia; every house a museum?
... a back street and found the skeleton under a corrugated iron shelter in a little park with a couple of concrete prehistoric animals! Colonia Council, ever keen to promote their town, have created a little walled park in what maps showed as just ...
Colonia, Uruguay
... . This included a glass of 'Champagne', nibbles and extra large seats. Thankfully not needing them yet as walked off all the steaks! Colonia itself as the name suggests is a small colonial town, it's pretty with a main square, lighthouse, harbour and not ...
A Toast to Colonia
Hungry and pulling two suitcases over rough sidewalks and cobblestone streets, my first impression of Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay was not wonderful. For forty-five minutes after leaving Buenos Aires, we had enjoyed the pleasures of an enormous ferry ...
Jumping across the pond to Uruguay
... ferry as you can't go outside on the deck, much to our disappointment, but the boat was still pretty nice. Colonia is a pretty, historical town with a long history of changing hands between the Spanish and Portuguese but are definitely and proudly ...