Uruguay - Colonia del Sacramento

On Thursday, we got an early start and took a ferry across to Uruguay's Colonia del Sacramento. Originally built by the Portuguese as a base for their smuggling operation, Colonia is a very wealthy little town that is probably nothing like the average hamlet in Uruguay but was a great day trip nonetheless. We visited a museum showcasing how the Portuguese colonialists lived, including naval charts, uniforms, pottery, weapons, etc. We also saw the oldest church and oldest university in Uruguay, both founded in Colonia by Portuguese Jesuit priests. Over lunch, we ran into an Australian guy we had previously bumped into both in Lima and Buenos Aires. The world is indeed small, at least for the backpacker crowd.