CEFS in Uruguay

Leaving

Mary Helen Ferguson It's our last day here in Uruguay.  A good many of us are sitting around the hotel lobby, waiting for the bus to take us to the airport.  It's been a relaxed day--we've been able to do as we wanted for most of the day. 

We returned to Montevideo yesterday from our time in the department (state) of Tacuarembó, which may have been my favorite part of the trip.  This is in the rural northern part of Uruguay.  I think I was told that the city of Tacuarembó has about 50,000 people.  According to Wikipedia, the 2004 population of the department was a it over 90,000.  Our base in Tacuarembó was BIO-Uruguay.  This is an organic ag organization that works with people in the area who want to grow food for their families or commercially.  We slept in thatch-roofed bunks with open windows and had the use of composting restroom and shower facilities.  The food was really good, for the most part.  I was under the impression that they literally slaughtered a cow (or had it done elsewhere) for the fiesta we had our last night there, but I'm not sure about this.  This was the only meat we had during our time there--most days we had bread, veggies and fruit from the farm.

Well, the bus is here.  You'll hear more, from me and/or others, later.

Posted at 02:22PM Dec 16, 2007 by Ferguson, Mary Helen in General  |  Comments[0]