A day in Uruguay

Up the lighthouse
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A group of us had decided to take the catamaran and spend the day in Colonia, an hour away in Ururguay.

It´s a really pretty place and a welcome break from the manic traffic and pace of Buenos Aires.  It´s very touristy but the buildings are great and the streets are cobbled and the sun was out again.

Half an hour´s horse ride on the beach for less than a pound

There was a classic car rally in town in the square, and after a trip up the lighthouse we had lunch in the middle of a cobbled street.

Let´s play golf!
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In the afternoon, the ones who had a later return ticket hired a 4-seater golf cart (really) to tour the town and out to the beaches.  We snuck into the decrepid bullring for a wander, and on the way back stopped to admire some horses roped up under some trees. I got chatting to the caballero owner, and he offered us half an hour´s horse ride along the bearch for 6 pesos each - less than a pound.

So off we went, and had a great slow clop along the sand as the low sun burned, before zipping back into town for a drink and heading home to the bright lights of B.A.

Inside the dis-used bullring
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Everyone we met was really friendly and defintely makes me think about going back to see more of the place.  We´ll see!