Colonia

And to think Uruguay was going to be overlooked. I love it here! We are in Colonia at the moment, a very small town by the sea. Certainly not a party town but absolutely lovely! After discovering my fairly recently developed sickness at sea on the ferry ride over here, I was glad to get on dry land, where we were greeted by a half-constructed terminal and a sense of where the hell are we. There were a few taxis waiting, but one wonders why as this place is pretty small; everything is in walking distance really. Everyone here zips around the cobble stone streets on scooters, motorbikes, dune buggies and sometimes golf buggies! There is no shortage of places that hire these out as well, so we decided to get a scooter. I had my driver´s licence, but Josh, who was going to be driving, didn´t. However, the hire guy still let us take the scooter and just told us not to drive on the wrong side of the road or anything, otherwise he would have to pay the fine for breaking the rules and not having a licence. It doesn´t look like the company has any liability. Anyway, riding a scooter is really fun!! Maybe I´ll get one when I get back! Josh did most of the driving but he taught me how to as well. However, I don´t really like negotiating traffic here. They have no stop lights, you just edge closer and closer to the other side of the road until you get there. So we went riding up the coast and went for a swim (it´s very hot here). Scooter is the best way to get around here because you can find things for yourself. Last night Josh also bought some fireworks for under $3. They were bought from 2 pre-pubescent boys who had a whole table full outside a restaurant. We set them off at the beach, they were fairly unpredictable and went every which way, luckily not at us. Our last night here is tonight, but we don´t know where we will go tomorrow. Maybe to another place in Uruguay or maybe straight up to Puerto Iguazu, which I am really looking forward to!