2012 - STAR PRINCESS - MONTEVIDEO
A RIDE TO A HACIENDA FOR A BARBECUE & SOME FOLK DANCING
Sun 19 Feb 2012
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URUGUAY. Admit it now
You really don't know much about Uruguay, do you?
It's a fact. Only Italy, Germany & Brazil have won the WOLD CUP more times than Uruguay !!!!
One less than England, France, Spain, & the Netherlands - combined .!!!!!
THAT IS TRULY AMAZING.
It's also a surprisingly long way from Rio to Montevideo - 2187 KM by sea
Anyway - on we go
Today I take a tour into the countryside to visit a Hacienda for a ride on a tractor ( Whoop de do! ), A look at a beach. A Barbecue. Some dancing. A look at farm life & the animals & a slow ride back to the StarPrincess.
A quick check to see the cabin is ok & I am seeing straight
And on to the Hacienda, where the coals are warming the food up niceley
Hopefully, these aren't on the menu.
A quick trip to the beach & a taste of some local fruit juice. Very nice if a bit lonely looking. Where are the beach umbrellas?
Ooops! Did it again..
The owners son & grand-son...
The owner, working hard at cranking something....
Dancing - which even I enjoyed. Cannot imagine why!
The owner - looking a little Sheepish?
A passenger trying her hand at milking..
...and Sheep shearing. The idea is for the whole lot to come off in one sheet..
Done it. Well done.
People were lining up to choose between a ride on a horse or be dragged by a horse around the field on a blanket of leather. Neither appealed to me & this lady was keeping out of the way too.
Beautiful horses....
Back to Montevideo & some street life
Leaving Montevideo. A lady I worked with called it Monty Video.
It's very close to here the German Pocket Battleship the Graf Spee lies under the ocean. There is an anchor on display but I missed it going out on tour & coming back.
A surprisingly very enjoyable, day out, considering there were no expectations at all.
The people at the Hacienda were very cheery & pleasant.
The dancing girls were very pretty & actually looked as if they were enjoying themselves. Even the animals looked like that. No mis-treatment here.
Had a try of everything on offer at the Barbecue & it was all very tasty.
Buenos Aires next. Being from the UK, I am not sure what sort of reception I will get there.
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