Currency:
Uruguayan Peso's

Highlights:
Beware of the killer mossies, cobblestone streets, drinking and eating in a town from the 1700's

Our Adventures Summarised:
It's really fun to be able to say we 'popped over' to another country for the day - and that's exactly what we did from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay! Although it cost us a few pounds (especially with the Herriott's being ripped off by the immigration officials), it was a really fun day! Colonia is a world heritage site founded in 1680 that was largely used as a smuggling port and switched hands between the Portuguese and Spanish several times.

The smiles didn't start until about lunch time though for 2 reasons - the first being a really early start (although we did comfort ourselves that at least it wasn't for work) and the second being the killer mosquitoes that nobody, forum or person, warned us about!! We caught the 1-hour ferry over and literally, as soon as we stepped off the ferry were swarmed by mosquitoes. After half an hour of getting eaten alive and having to swelter in our tracksuit tops as the only form of protection, we eventually found a place that sold Tabard. Halleluljah! The smiles began...

There's not an overwhelming number of things to see in Colonia so we covered the town in about an hour. It felt like we were stepping back in time with the cobblestone streets and houses that mostly hadn't been updated since the 1700's. After soaking up the history, we went on to pursue our more favoured cultural activity - drinking... The smiles started to waiver a little when we ordered some house white wine from the first restaurant but improved with the cervezas and desinerallos (vodka and OJ). Our lunch spot had a lovely view over the port and was a great way to spend the rest of the afternoon in the sunshine before napping all the way back to BA on the boat.

You can view our photos from Colonia del Sacramento here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=333858&id=713415257&l=f0038cc5bb