Nueva Helvecia, URUGUAY

Nueva Helvecia -- otherwise known as Colonia Suiza, was founded in 1862 by Swiss settlers and it soon became Uruguay's first interior agricultural colony churning out wheat for the mills in capital city Montevideo. It still retains a very distinctive European ambiance and produces the bulk of the country's dairy products.

Half-horse town, sharing a horse with nearby Rosario. Nice pizza restaurant (Don Juan) with extremely friendly staff right at the main square. Yip, nothing else but Uruguayan charm. After a pizza and a local Pilsen beer, time to move on. See you back in Colonia del Santiago this evening for the boat trip back to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Never throw your garbage over your shoulder -- nobody wants to live in your dump!