Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Gaucho Festival

Gaucho's walking down the street.
A beautiful horse...notice he is on the road with motorcylces, cars, and buses!

A young girl getting ready!


They had a mechanical bull. A large group of Gaucho's formed around the mechanical bull and were all taking turns seeing how long they could ride it. Lots of laughs!



Kai and I riding the ferris wheel at the festival.

We took off on a long car ride and one of our destinations was the annual Gaucho Festival. Most of the Country is only populated along the coast line and the capitals of each departments (states). We went to Tacarumbo which in the North Central area of the country. The Gaucho festival was HUGE! There were Gaucho's everywhere (Uruguay Cowboy) on their horses. Girls dressed in their pretty dresses riding hores. There were tons of booths selling "Gaucho Stuff" and ALOT of really good food. One of the the items we all love is the fried sweet bread with a a little sugar. Kind of like an elephants ear you would get back in the states, but well...different!

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