Well, our Argentinian adventures are coming to an end.
Instead of spending our last two nights in Buenos Aires we decided to take a little side trip to Uruguay. Just an hour on the boat from BA is the cute little colonial town of Colonia del Sacramonte. We found a nice hotel with a lovely little courtyard in the main square and decided to chill out. In the evening everyone gathers at the waterfront to watch the sunset before dinner. That’s about the extent of the nightlife but just what we needed after so much travelling. The weather has been perfect – warm and sunny – apart from one thunderstorm in the middle of the night on Wednesday.
Uruguay doesn’t seem to be famous for anything. It’s a tiny country – I think the population is even smaller than Scotland – and truly laid back. A very different pace of life to Argentina.
We hired a car for a few hours just for fun. Alan was driving as I don’t have my license with me, but the only worries he had were passing a horse and cart and avoiding some dogs on the ‘ruta nacional’ (main road).
We headed north through very rural areas. They seem to be growing wheat and we saw lots of horses, cows and also plant nurseries. I thought it looked like East Lothian with the odd cactus and lizard thrown in!
Found a tiny little beach at an old abandoned camping area and relaxed gazing out over the River Plate, then visited the rather bizarre Anchorena Park, which is the country residence of the Presidents of Uruguay. It’s designed to look like the garden of an English stately home and the house itself is Tudor-style. How odd! There’s a 75m tower giving a great view over to Buenos Aires though.
Bird of the day…
Is the burrowing owl. We saw one sitting on a fence post in the middle of the afternoon. They’re reasonably common in Uruguay. Cute.
We’ve had a wonderful time in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Thanks for following my blog. I promise not to bore everyone endlessly with the holiday snaps!
Instead of spending our last two nights in Buenos Aires we decided to take a little side trip to Uruguay. Just an hour on the boat from BA is the cute little colonial town of Colonia del Sacramonte. We found a nice hotel with a lovely little courtyard in the main square and decided to chill out. In the evening everyone gathers at the waterfront to watch the sunset before dinner. That’s about the extent of the nightlife but just what we needed after so much travelling. The weather has been perfect – warm and sunny – apart from one thunderstorm in the middle of the night on Wednesday.
Uruguay doesn’t seem to be famous for anything. It’s a tiny country – I think the population is even smaller than Scotland – and truly laid back. A very different pace of life to Argentina.
We hired a car for a few hours just for fun. Alan was driving as I don’t have my license with me, but the only worries he had were passing a horse and cart and avoiding some dogs on the ‘ruta nacional’ (main road).
We headed north through very rural areas. They seem to be growing wheat and we saw lots of horses, cows and also plant nurseries. I thought it looked like East Lothian with the odd cactus and lizard thrown in!
Found a tiny little beach at an old abandoned camping area and relaxed gazing out over the River Plate, then visited the rather bizarre Anchorena Park, which is the country residence of the Presidents of Uruguay. It’s designed to look like the garden of an English stately home and the house itself is Tudor-style. How odd! There’s a 75m tower giving a great view over to Buenos Aires though.
Bird of the day…
Is the burrowing owl. We saw one sitting on a fence post in the middle of the afternoon. They’re reasonably common in Uruguay. Cute.
We’ve had a wonderful time in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Thanks for following my blog. I promise not to bore everyone endlessly with the holiday snaps!
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