El Mirador Casino Colonia del Sacramento

... Champions League fixture in Uruguay. Not much sleep there then! The fast boat also failed miserably to be fast and limped into port some two hours late! <br><br>We did however make our plane comfortably, even with time to argue with the taxi driver who tried to rip us off. After two months in South America, our Spanish was now not only good enough to order beer and peanuts but also to tell someone to "get to....!!."<br>

... Aires go over to Uruguay to renew their 90 day visas!<br><br>We got into Colonia de Sacramento and were met by our walking guide. She took us on a tour of the small and quaint town of Colonia. I don't think the tour took more that 1/2 hour which is just about right as we like to explore ourselves. As we got to the main square, which was not much, we were greeted by 2 stray dogs that ...

Saturday 8 August 2009<br><br>We get the taxi to the bus station early that morning and already the hilarity has begun. I am in a cab with Leigh and Iain - me in the front. The taxi says "Donde" something something something. So I tell him we're from Ireland - he looks puzzled and asks again looking to leigh and Iain in the back for help - so I tell him - "Oh them, Ecossia - scotland". He's still puzzled so I tell him ...

Joe says: Colonia is a pretty spot and seriously easy to reach from BA, only took an hour on the ferry. We had went to the travel agent next door to our hostel in BA to book the tickets, to say that the lady that delt with us was a snotty ***** would be a complement to her. We asked her bout tickets, she barked back at us "when did we want to go?" when we said tomorrow she threw a strop saying it was very late and she proceded to lecture us, I had had enough so I started to ...

... br>Le soir, je discute avec un couple d'allemands et d'anglais qui vont à un concert d'un chanteur traditionnel uruguayen nommé "José Carabajal" ainsi que d'un groupe appelé "Agarrate Catalina!". Il me propose de me joindre à eux, ce que j'accepte volontiers. José Carabajal ne m'a pas laissé un souvenir impérissable, par contre Agarrate Catalina! était beaucoup plus vivant, à mi-chemin entre théâtre humoristique (je ne saisissais pas tout d ...

... day and set ourselves up for some sun worship. It was great, we had the beach practically to ourselves and the sun was glorious. We even had a dip in the brown water!! Now we´d just like to say we didn´t do this lightly, it could have been full of **** for all we know, but after seeing a lot of people swimming quite happily in the water we thought we´d stick in a tentative toe. Turns out that the reason the water is so brown is because the Rio del Plata is really ...

... cover the fare. Back at the hostel, where everyone was sitting watching a film, their plans to explore also being scuppered by the downpour, it turned out the hostel in Montevideo was full so I decided to stay another night - it seemed like an easy option. A little later I got chatting to Ian from Canada and we headed out for a beer and bite to eat with a few others. This then turned into a much later session sat on the roof of the hostel, but not a way to pass a few hours.

... the Ukrainian girl was incredibly cute, and the whole Latina factor just took it up to a whole new level. Up into the stratosphere, in fact - very nice! On board, they gave us a box with a decent selection of biscuits - some savoury, some sweet, some chocolate-covered. On our previous flight from Mendoza on Aerolineas, I stole a copy of their Spanish-language magazine and made a bit of a dent in it on this flight. I purposely avoided ...

... vacation January and February, to escape the brutal heat. <br><br>In Spain, it seems like you can't take a step without seeing two or three beautiful women walk by. This explains why, while in Spain, I am constantly tripping over fire hydrants, running into lamp posts, and almost getting hit by cars, everywhere I go. I need to learn to keep my eye on where I am walking, and not on Spanish women! <br><br>One thing that is frustrating in ...

... schmedules...) <br><br>Welcome to Colonia, Uruguay!<br><br> <br><br>It was a 10 minute walk with all our bags to the hotel and in those few minutes we realised that we'd made the right decision; Colonia was clearly a charming little place ...