After BA Tigre and Iguazu  we were feeling a little tired and wondered what would be the best way to spend Bickies (Ben and Vicky’s) last three days of Vacation before they headed back to the states. After some deliberation we decided to go to the UNESCO World Heritage town of Colonia Uruguay. It is a town where the Portuguese used to smuggle goods over to BA when the areas were still disputed between the colonial powers of Spain and Portugal.

We took the ferry from BA and checked into our lovely B&B/hostel with a balcony and a view to the sea. Unfortunately Bickie didn’t have such luck getting a room where the windows shook violently every time someone turned on hot water (which was frequently). Needless to say they moved to another B&B the next day.

For purely novel reasons we decided to get around town in a golf cart hired from Thrifty car rentals (like you do). It is a really small town so it was an easy way to get on and off sight seeing with the cart, plus it saved Plum strolling which he loathes with a passion. We named him for whatever reason Jorge and became slightly attached to him (as you can see by all his photos) With Ben and Justin the front and me and vix in the back we set off. The only problem was that we took the wrong turn off and ended up on the freeway to the capital city Montevideo. Needless to say we got some strange looks and toots chugging down the freeway at 40km/hour.

We finally took the coast road to the old derelict bull ring where Justin and I simulated a bull fight. I think the bull won that time (it was a big ass bull). While we stopped for Bickie to spend an hour looking at a market for gifts (that was a slight dig to them for looking at the markets all the time ), Plum and I saw some group of school kids celebrating and chanting. We curiously looked on to see what it was about (which we didn’t) and then they started playing “short dick man” on the stereo….it was very odd!!!

Of course that would make you a bit peckish so we stopped at an alien looking street vendor caravan and had the local “Milenesea completo”. It is a whole crumbed veal steak in a roll with (like literally everything else) cheese. Unfortunately there was no banana liquardo’s or empanadas but with full bellies we pottered over to old town.

It is absolutely beautiful with cobbled streets and white washed building surrounded by vibrant coloured bougainvillea. We happily strolled the streets taking loads of photos, finishing on some rocks on the beach to watch the sun set. An amazing day filled with loads of laughs, good food and great scenery. As we dropped of Jorge we became concerned to see armoured guards with large shot guns. We couldn’t help but stop and watch to see what it was all about. It then occured to us that the kombie was an armoured van for transporting money!!! I haven’t seen a kombie used for that before!!! Over all a great place we would recommend to chill out and enjoy the finer things in life with some great friends.. Enjoy! We did.

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