" MATE Mate, pronounced "mahtay" is an herb beverage that is extremely popular in Uruguay. I learned that as soon as I boarded the extremely comfortable ferry that would be taking ..."
"He Said: We managed to make it for exactly eleven months outside of the USA without having anything go missing. That streak ended abruptly yesterday in the Buenos Aires bus termina ..."
"There was a two-day bike ride or a two-hour bus ride between Montevideo and Colonia, from where I could get the boat over the (very very wide) river to Buenos Aires. Which should I ..."
"My final stop in Uruguay is a cool little town called Colonia del Sacramento. It's just a quiet touristy town that's good for a day walking around the old cobblestoned street ..."
"Our last stop in Uruguay, Colonia del Sacramento, is listed by UNESCO as the most complete illustration of colonial architecture in South America. Founded in 1680 by Portuguese set ..."
"So I am here in Uruguay now, my 12th country so far on this trip. Uruguay, supposedly one of the safest and most laid-back countries in Latin America. For some reason they call it ..."
"Having successfully managed to navigate the burning tyres and seemingly endless delays caused by the truckers strike on the periphery of Buenos Aires, we approached the Argentina/U ..."
"Ahhhh, Colonia. If you want to get away with doing absolutely nothing, this is the place to do it. In colonia, we walked around the streets that are paved with petrified wood cobbl ..."
"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 Bueno ..."
"It turns out that our 5 night stint in Uruguay was a good idea. Montevideo was tiny for a capital city and you could easily walk from one end to the other in less than an hour, whi ..."
Uruguay+Brazil+Argentina in 2 weeks ..., rent a car and go to Punta Del Este and Colonia del Sacramento, spend 4 or 5 days traveling around southern ...
Santiago to Uyuni salt flats ... Uruguay, and then take the boat over to BA from Colonia del Sacramento? (Uruguay was really nice! Sorry - I keep ...
Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
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