Radisson Hotel Colonia Colonia del Sacramento

Come to Day Tour Colonia, Uruguay, in our one day guided Tour toColonia . Colonia is an antique city on the shores of Rio de La Plata, on the side of Uruguay, just a 50 minutes ride minutes from Buenos Aires in a fast boat. Colonia del Sacramento is the oldest town in Uruguay and its historic center was declared by UNESCO as world ...

... parking area by the sports stadium, or on the beach itself. Since we want to go around the town we have settled down for the night by the stadium (S34.28.04.58 W57.50.46.41).<br><br>7th - Time for a stroll around the old town this morning. We only had to walk a few blocks to get to the restored entrance gate. The town wall was built across a small peninsular with the town on one side protected either by the wall or the water. There were originally two ...

<br>If you are looking for a tranquil and serene escape into the days of colonial South America, you probably cannot do better than Colonia, Uruguay. Where its pace may be too slow to entertain for more than a couple of days, it makes a relaxing stop on your journey. Colonia is simply charming.<br><br>We took the three hour ferry across the Rio de la Plata, an immense brown and uninspiring river that separates the nations of Argentina and Uruguay. Most of the people in our ...

... We checked into an 8 bed dorm - we are only stopping one night and the private rooms were way to expensive for the amount of time we'd spend in them. The hostel itself is quite nice with a courtyard, sundeck, TV room and free internet & breakfast. We took a walk into the historical old town which is really small and quaint with it's cobbled streets. There are a couple of nice plaza's with some outdoor cafés surrounding them. There is a nice feel to this place and the weather today ...

... the marena which is romantically quiet and picturesque as you look out onto islands off of the coast. The beach is tranquile and better than any I have been on. I was the only tourist among twenty or so Uurguayans on a long stretch of coast; the only noises were the water lapping the sand and the acpustic chill out ryhtms coming from a cafe bar risen above the beach. As the sun set the music and the relaxed mood of those around was enough to rival any cafe del mar.

I had my first mosquito massacre of the year last night. Was bitten around a dozen times including on my face. The little *******s kept me up all night! First of many mosquito massacre's of 2009, I'm sure. Woke up this morning after very little sleep to catch the boat to Uruguay from the docks in Buenos Aires. Went through immigration and got my Argentinean exit stamp and my Uruguay stamp on the Argentinean side. A very quick and painless process ...

... quiet a liberating feeling. Some of my fondest memories of traveling involve aimlessly wandering around places I don't know, down dimly-lit streets, hoping I don't get mugged or stabbed ... ahh ... good times, good times ... Back to the hostel - some ******* was cooking burgers, and the delicious smell was making me hungry! Some cheap beer and journal writing, and the next thing you know, the whole bar area was taken over by ...

... in BA. We all joked that it was almost like we were dining on the waterfront somewhere in Vancouver - and really, based solely on appearances, you'd never know the difference. <br><br>The waiters at Bice absolutely loved the t-shirt that Ranjit was wearing - he picked it up our second day in BA when we were in San Telmo. The shirt is basically a commentary of Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal in a World Cup match against ...

... result and looking forward to the derby game this weekend and then the 3 consecutive games against Arsenal! Nice easy 4 games then ;) <br><br>I hope that all is well with you wherever you're reading this and do drop us a line if you get a free ...