Special guests from Uruguay landed up with us due to a double booking at another guest house. A tense start soon warmed into a lasting friendship as we exchanged knowledge on each other’s countries and on the excitement of\u00a0travel. We learnt about their local beverage called ‘mat\u00e9.’ It is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink,\u00a0a tea leaf mix that is\u00a0steeped in a traditional calabash gourd, hot water is added to it during the day, a metal or\u00a0silver straw called a ‘bombilla’,\u00a0is used for sipping on the tea during the course of the day. We were gifted with the tea as well as\u00a0an ornamental version of a mate gourd. A most pleasant surprise, thank you to Gustavo and Federica! All we had to give them was some of Jack’s delicious home-made biltong.\u00a0We hope that they\u00a0enjoyed it. Jack suggested he visit them in Uruguay to teach them how to make the biltong; Uruguay is certainly not short on cows,\u00a0the present count is five\u00a0cows\u00a0to one person with most people being in the farming industry or veterinary profession!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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