Part Three
Following our tour of the Gorge Ravens and the city Thirty-Three, we headed to our next destination.
We started early and we left the city on Route 17 that runs through a beautiful landscape of prairie and mountain that I wanted to buy some land and get a good billion. The destination chosen was "The Charqueada", a town on the River Cebollatí, and as often happens in our country, it is called "The Charqueada" but "General Enrique Martinez. " The issue is that around 1870 he settled in the area in which a salting preparing dried meat, known as "jerky" or "jerky", hence the name by which it knew the place. Later the town was officially christened with the name of a general who fought against the British and later for independence, but we know that in this country we like to tell things as we sing, and not maps say, so what.
The visit to Charqueada was at my request, since the original idea was to see the Quebrada Laura the Ravens, as I told the first episode of this saga . Had long wanted to know the people, and make the river crossing Cebollatí to its mouth at the Laguna Merin, which more than Lake is a lake shared with Brazil and did not know.
We the people in a beautiful sunny morning, ideal for the activity that we thought, we went wide, tree-lined streets, and parked near the dock.
The first view of the boat is not encouraged us too, but ... as we dared to go Tourist Information Office (who have read the reviews trip to Caramel not understand how we still believe in those offices, but faith has no rational explanation.) We attended a very nice lady He gave us some brochures and told us the prettiest of the raft across the river and goes to the Department of Rocha, and hence must be taken not know what route and reach the lagoon. That is, the information you gave did not match what I had learned in this website, which is very complete. When I told the lady told us that yes, this was possible but not there, but in the prefecture, and we talked with Daniel or Santiago.
Thither we went, and we attended a most amiable girl, who told us that Daniel was coming. When Daniel arrived, he explained how was the walk: cross the river on a motorboat, with different stages. When we said the cost of the first, they wanted to die: It was expensive! To our faces of disappointment, he said "the boat carries 10 passengers, that is the total price", to which relieved sigh. Obviously, getting to the lake was the most expensive, but split 10 was payable, and it was worth. "Well, what goes and what time?"
"Ah, no time. When people get together, tell me and we started. "
" But we are three! "
"Ah, but just came a people that were interested. A girl held high. "
And there we went looking for a girl rather high among people who visited the village.
worth noting that as Tourism Week, and camping cabins and they were crowded, there were thousands of people ... Luckily, the girl was seriously high, and places at once. The point is that she and her companions were not interested in a long trip, so do not fix it. Fortunately, after a while appeared a couple who wanted to go only to "The Limeres", but just accept. I do not lead to Lake Merin, but would travel at least part of the river.
went down to the dock, we put on life jackets We boarded and began to cross the river. " Daniel proved to be very knowledgeable of the river and a very entertaining guide.
Along the walk, we met fishermen can fish wolf fish, catfish, mackerel, tilapia.
arrived to "The lime trees, but what happened there will be a topic for an upcoming review.
Rocha's coast shows the stack of River resulting from drought last summer.
Back at the port, after a walk of about two hours, found out how it was with Daniel I cross the river on a raft and get to the lake by car on the side of Rocha. It turns out that the pond is free and you only have to travel 20 km, so it gave us time to go after lunch. I went to see the lagoon Merin anyway!
After both river and both fisherman, it was necessary to eat fish, so we went to "The Mabel" (not seen elsewhere, either, just the cushy positions of fried cakes and pastries which swarmed along the promenade). The issue is that to give us the ball in Mabel, had to wait an hour ... more so delayed in bringing us the order, after claiming a lady I do not know if it was his own mistreatment Mabel-us because we wanted eat at his restaurant, and we saw it was full and could not cope. Of course there were many people who came after us and ate before, but that mattered little, at least to us they brought us what we ask. After eating the fried fish (I was very rich, but not worth losing two hours), and without my friends let me order dessert, because otherwise we would stay overnight, we went to the port to take the raft to cross us Rocha.
can go rafting in the vehicles and pedestrians, the crossing is free and is done in a jiffy.
descended the ramp, and we prepared to wait our turn.
And waited. And waited. And waited.
The raft was full, but not start.
On the while, a man who was on the raft approached us and told us that he had broken a straw, but they were looking at how to fix it.
The queue of vehicles had formed was tremendous, the time passed, and finally saw that it was impossible to cross, considering that there were already a few hours of daylight, and in addition crossing had to travel 20 km to reach the lagoon. What time are we coming back? We went back that afternoon to Montevideo, it was a matter of making the latest route, and since it only handles Laura was not just dead ended.
Then, we toured the town, ate some delicious pastry flaky and prepared to return home.
Plaza Priest Monterroso
Cebollatí the banks of
fishermen Gurisitos
tearing his Once, we passed Daniel again in the Prefecture building entrance, we politely asked what about the lagoon, we said that we could not cross because the raft was broken, and the arranged time and had to return to Montevideo. In amazement, he asked: "Why were not the other raft? There is another 2 km higher. "There was another raft and no one said anything!
So we are left without knowing the Laguna Merin. Laura, Monica and rojito promised me that I will take on another occasion.
And there we'll see.
Or not.
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