Archive for June, 2005

Uruguay Blog (Days 5, 6, 7 and 8)

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

Days 5, 6, 7 and 8 - I am going to run the next days together because in future trips we have decided to change the itinerary to spend more time at the estancias in the interior and cut out the beach portion of the ride. I now feel that in trying [...]

Uruguay Blog (Day 4)

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Day 4 - After breakfast we were rather sorry to be leaving this lovely place, but we had a good stretch to cover before reaching our next destination, Parada Arteaga. We rode out on our criollo horses across a vast meadow where black angus grazed onto a dirt track and into a forest of [...]

Uruguay Blog (Day 3)

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Day 3 – In the morning we were off in the bus to meet the horses and Paula and our gaucho had them saddled up and ready to go. The day was beautiful and sunny with balmy weather and no thought of raincoats. It was a delight after the wind and clouds of [...]