Colonia, Uruguay

Today the whole program went to Uruguay. The main purpose was to get our 90-day Argentine tourist visas renewed but it also acted as a mini-EFT. We got up at the crack of dawn and had to be at the casa at 6:45. From there we took buses to Puerto Madero and took the ferry across the river (which really looks like an ocean) for an hour an arrived in Colonia. We all took naps on the ferry.

We had a city tour for the first half of the day, and then lunch. We free time for 2 hours after lunch so Wes, Jake, Paul, Luke, Austin and I rented a mule (6-person ATV) and went to town on it. We were zooming down the tiny, ancient streets of Uruguay, getting passed (in very friendly ways) on their equivalent of PCH,  went off-roading through beachy-woods and onto the beaches (which we weren't supposed to do), parked on the outskirts of the Sheraton Hotel (a 5-star, tropically decorated hotel), snuck in and acted like regular patrons, swam in their pool, drove around a new private neighbohood development, drove around the golf course, more beach runs, hit speed bumps too fast, and topped it off with a little trinket shopping. The entire time we never saw one security guard, police officer, or questioning local. Uruguay is super chill, nice, sunny, and laid back. I'm super excited to go there for our long weekend coming up.