Hotel posada Manuel de lobo Colonia del Sacramento

... with a full lunch and get a full city tour that will show you all the wonders and mysteries of this ancient city, including a beautiful lighthouse that lets you climb up and get a panoramic view of the Rio de la Plata and the whole area. Don't miss this experience with our Colonia Tour. Contact Buenos Aires 4 U on our website!

... architecture. We even popped in to the Portuguese museum which gave us an overview of the town's significance in the 17th and 18th centuries, and many accounts of the development of the wider Portuguese empire. <br><br>Though we only spent a day there, Colonia was easily one of my favourite places in the trip. <br> <br>We got on our ferry to Buenos Aires, and were met by my friend Lula on the other end. After dumping some stuff at her house ...

... 1783, the walls are 600 to 900 mm wide. Inside it had very attractive original tiled floors and partition walls The walls had timber beams for a framework and then used small stones cemented into place inside in a diamond pattern. Unfortunately you cannot take photos in any museums, supposedly for security reasons. Coming next were the ruins of the Convent of Saint Francis, built in 1694 but destroyed by fire in 1704. The stones used in the convent were ...

... dining room and roof deck that overlooked the water. Our leader offered us the option of renting scooters or golf carts to explore the town. None of us were interested, and in truth, the town is very small and any transportation, other than feet, is quite unnecessary.<br><br>After visiting the ATMs and converting money (Uruguayan pesos are about 23:1 with the $), we grabbed a nice lunch on the main boulevard. I got some pictures of a very cute sleeping dog dressed up in a ...

Today we took a ferry from Buenos Aires to a little town called Colonia<br>del Sacramento in Uruguay. The ferry was pretty nice, and even had a couple of<br>Wii systems set up! Really cool. Katie had to stop herself from booting<br>the kiddies off the game. <br><br>Colonia is a town of about 22,000 people that was originally founded by <br>Portuguese in 1680 to smuggle goods into Spanish controlled Buenos ...

... one piece!! Lorna managed 3, so we took the rest of it back to the hostel for tomorrow's lunch. I must be bad if Lorna can out eat me at pizza!! We watched a bit of TV then went to bed. We check out tomorrow, but our ferry to Buenos Aires is not until 7pm, so we have got another full day in Colonia de Sacramento. If the weather is as good as today it should be good. Later that evening the dorm became like some sort of decaying farmyard!! Two lads came in about midnight and stunk ...

... the lady next to him and she stamps you into Uruguay - without having to take one step yourself! The whole town of Colonia has that relaxed seaside vibe that's recognizable everywhere around the world. We literally walked on top of and dined in the history of the place. These two days have been a much needed break from the many cities we have visited, and a great time of walking the cobblestone streets ...

... reflects it's important colonial past. I found a really quirky place to stay called the "Hostal Colonia", which is situated right in the centre of town, not too far from the docks. The rooms in the hostel circle a central courtyard, it's a really cool place with plenty of character although slightly rough around the edges. Walked around the ancient walled city and enjoyed the relaxed laid back European atmosphere. I found out that the historical ...

... who I thought may have been with Sabrina, the lovely young lady from the pool earlier, but turns out she's just here with two other female friends ... ooh ... Sabrina was Argentinean and not a Spanish senorita, after all ... but she could have passed for one ... So far, this hostel has been great - it's got a good vibe and is quite social, but not over the top like some other crazy party hostels can be. Everybody was easy-going and ...

... to do some Enron-style accounting. Ben and Ha's total was something like 175 pesos, so Ben told R&amp;D to give him 25 pesos, and he'd give them 200. Well, R&amp;D handed over the 25 pesos, but then Ben discreetly put the 200 pesos back into his wallet ... it was all an innocent mistake, but I prefer to remember this moment as Ben trying to rip off R&amp;D. Ben - how could you rip off two poor travelers who had no cash of their own? Terrible!