Hostal del Sol Colonia del Sacramento

<br>Rob - Not a good start to the day; I had my wallet stolen. Heidi's response was that it was my fault and not the criminal that stole it. Some female logic involved there me thinks! Heidi - HOLD ON! you fell for one of the oldest trickes in the book. Thankfully I'd suggested splitting up the cash - however Rob had not thought to do the same for all his bank cards!<br><br>Rob - Good scam though, while you are waiting ...

... to follow us the entire day.<br>We decided to rent a go cart and drive around the town a bit. It was so much fun but it was freezing cold. The wind was blowing ice. My hands were frozen stiff and we both had scarves covering our mouths and nose! We looked like bandits! We drove up the coast and stopped to check out the beach. However, its hard to appreciate a beach with brown sand ...

... my best spanish - you know Europe - near England. He gets out of the car at which time I realise Seb the Great hasn't told him we were going to the bus station. So he only wanted to know where we were going not where we were from. I guess Ireland and Scotland was out of his range for the day.<br><br>Only 2 hours in the bus and we arrive in magnificent Colonia del Sacramento on the north side of the River Plate which ...

... slighly tick, I barked at her could we buy the f,ing tickets at the port seen as it was so much trouble for her. She made a song and dance about it and eventully said we could but wed have to go really early and hope for a cancelation, i had gotten past tick at this point and was finding it quite amusing that a grown adult was throwing such a hissey fit, I was finding it hard not to laugh in her face and so was Catriona. Well we didnt go early to the port the next day ...

... et chant avec des choeurs et des canons a capella. Bonne expérience!<br><br>Le lendemain, lorsque je fais le check-out de l'hostel, il me faut encore payer la dernière nuit de mon séjour. Eduardo, qui est en fait le patron de l'hostel, est toujours là et lorsqu'il entend cela, il intervient auprès du réceptionniste pour lui signifier que je ne dois pas la payer! A mon tour, je le remercie vivement! Il est temps de me remettre en route vers Montevideo.<br>

... a huge river estuary that contains wads of sediment and when the river water mixes with the water from the Atlantic Ocean it swirls up the sediment creating a milky brown/bronze colour. For the record, the water was really pleasant, with soft sand underfoot the whole way out. Anyway, we realised later that day that it was probably a mistake to take to the water so often as it kept washing our sun lotion off (despite re-applying a million times). A few hours into ...

Took a local bus from Montevideo to the city of Colonia del Sacremento, just across the river from Buenos Aires. Colonia, unlike Montevideo is a nice little town with shady tree lined streets , cafes and beaches where most Portenos (people who live in Buenos Aires) come for enjoying their weekends. The river is very wide, and take about an hour to cross by fast boat and three hours by regular boat ...

... for this flight to Iguazu, because many Argentineans told me it was garbage, and instead flew LAN. I didn't steal a copy of LAN's Spanish-language magazine, because I'll have a chance to do that on my return flight. We arrived in Iguazu and I hopped a shuttle into town - the shuttle stopped at the big Hosteling International place just outside of town. Colin had actually stayed here and told me that it was a really nice ...

... America, is the multitude of bus companies - most run different routes, but there is some overlap. It can take quite some time to find the correct company that services your destination, when you show up and there are over 25 ticket counters! <br><br>We finally made it to La Plata, where the weather was humid, but cloudy and fairly cool. The weather was similar in Buenos Aires, which was funny, because one of the reasons for going to ...

... on such a lovely day. <br><br>We checked-in, changed into something more comfortable (oh behaaave) and walked into the old town, which was a small area full of picturesque lanes, colourful buildings and cobbled streets.<br><br> <br><br>There were ...