Days Inn Colonia Del Sacrament Colonia del Sacramento

... Anyway, that boat ride was horrible! I must have looked green because I was handed a sickbag, and a little later a cold flannel. One lady asked that if was going to be sick could I do it the opposite direction to where she was sitting!! Luckily the ride was only 1 hour, but I hated it in it's entirity. <br>Never been so glad to be on land, and of course very excited to be back in BA!!!<br>The best thing about Uruguay was Laura, great girl!

... across the River Plate each year to spend a couple of relaxed and chilled out days in the city. <br><br>We were led to believe (by the ferry company) that the fast boat only takes one hour to reach Buenos Aires. Unfortunately, we needed to get the 6am boat in order to catch our plane. Due to immigration controls, this meant that we needed to be at the terminal by 5am. However, at 5am we were still in our hostel as the ...

... also cool, but by noon, it was warm enough for a barefoot walk along the beach. <br><br>For lunch, we enjoyed another Italian-inspired restaurant. I had ravioli stuffed with butternut squash, and Barbara had a meat dish with portions of beef, pork, and chicken. And, of course, more dessert.<br><br>As a farewell gift, Colonia delivered a gorgeous sunset. <br><br>

... gnocchi, which is my new favorite food, and Aaron ordered a pizza. My best guess is that is was comprised of ketchup, hearts of palm, canned green olives and red peppers, salami, synthetic cheese, and an insane amount of something resembling mayonnaise. Needles to say, I had to try a bite. I'm glad that's all I had, because it left Aaron feeling kind of funky for the rest of the day. Colonia is absolutely beautiful... just stay away from the pizza.

... beach that was practically deserted (considering Colonia is a prime tourist spot and February is high season, its amazing how this place retained its sense of ´getting away from it all´). We decided then that for our second day in Colonia we were going to do something we rarely do holiday, and hadn´t done yet on this trip, lie on the beach all day and catch some rays!!! And thats exactly what we did. On our second day we headed down to the beach we had found the ...

... the air conditioning and grab something to eat. Then the skies opened and it started raining - very hard. It was still a half hour walk to the centre and the ATM wasn't obliging by giving me any money, so I was tied to staying where I was and I had a very dull time. I always seem to get stuck somewhere where the one and only ATM fails to oblige in giving me money. In the end I asked one of the security folks to call a cab, which he did and I had just enough money ...

... I arrived at the domestic airport, the same one which we landed at after our flight from Mendoza. I chuckled, because I saw the spot where we boarded our bus for downtown BA, when a few of us thought that Buenos Aires was quite pleasant, and not too hot. Ha ha! How wrong were we? BA turned out to be hellishly hot! I checked in, and was processed by someone who looked a lot like a Ukrainian girl I once met. I only mention this ...

... be referred to as DAID - dumb-ass ignorant dude! I popped in my earplugs, and went to bed. All of a sudden, I thought I heard someone yelling "China! China!" I figured it was DAID, and ignored him. So then he keeps yelling "China!", then grabs my ankle and starts shaking it. WTF??? In all fairness, I think he was asking me if I wanted to grab a drink with them, but it was frickin' annoying! Or perhaps, he just wanted to touch a leper Chino freak!

... so we made the (very flat) crossing in 50 minutes and after clearing customs had our first few minutes in our 15th country of our trip, with only Brazil left. <br><br>(I'd love to visit Paraguay for a couple of days but Katie is saying no chance ...