Hotel Beltran Restaurant Colonia del Sacramento

... decided that first night to go out for a beer, we were told of 2 bars, a cheap one and a more expensive one. We headed out and it started to **** it down! Neither of us wanted to go to the expensive bar so we headed for the cheap one, when we found it, it was closed! So we started heading back to the hostel with the idea in mind to buy a beer from a shop to have at the hostel. Well we passed a small shop selling sweets, burgers and beer ...

... s two but go to the big one I described in a previous entry you'll know what I'm talking about its just crazy!<br><br>So for what seems like the hundreth time we jumped on our minibus and headed to the station to check in for our boat ride. We had to go through security just like at the airport and check our bags. We took the Colonia Express boat over the Rio del Plata. The boat is pretty cool looking and we thought we were going to have a nice little ride. We were wrong.<br ...

... that all the taxis were taken by the first (smart) people off the boat. The four block walk to our hotel turned out to be more difficult than we thought.<br><br>An hour later, my impression had changed. By then, we had enjoyed a great steak lunch at an Italian-inspired restaurant in the heart of a beautiful historic city. <br><br>Colonia was ...

... t exactly gourmet dining. If you are planning to take a ferry to Colonia and you don't eat ham, pack food. <br><br>Back to BA <br><br>Returning to Buenos Aires, I fought my way through the myriad scam artists to get a legitimate taxi. I may be a dumb gringa tourist but I know it's not $40 pesos back to San Telmo. $15 is more like it. Since I'd been in Uruguay all day, I had no opportunity to sort out my Argentinian cash situation, so I was stuck with only a hundred-peso note to ...

... dans ce quartier. Vu la couleur de l'eau genre "café au lait", il faut vraiment avoir beaucoup de courage ou très chaud pour s'y baigner.<br>Au real San Carlos, je passe à côté d'un vieil amphithéâtre qui menace de s'écrouler, une sorte de cimetière de trains ou on peut admirer des wagons au milieu d'un champ. On dirait que tout est à l'abandon. Ce n'était probablement pas une bonne idée très judicieuse de venir dans ce quartier. Bref, je d ...

... and every once in a while stop for a hot tea or a soda in a small restaurant. I have even found a wonderful home made ice cream store... I went twice today! In my defense I only had a tiny scoop each time! :) Chocolate, chocolate chip and now mint chocolate chip- my sister's favorite! Yummy!!!!

... I think), who had just passed the bar exam, and was traveling around South America for 2.5 months, as a treat to herself. She's nearing the end of her trip, like me :( Hearing her talk about where she had been on this trip really makes me want to return to Chile and Argentina. The large distances make it impossible to see much with only 4-5 weeks, especially when you can't stray too far from the major cities, as was the case with this ...

Nous rentrons le matin a Tigre par bateau bus pour prendre un bateau pour l´Urugay. Le voyage en bateau est symphatique, nous passons a travers les rameaux du delta. Sur les rives, on peut voir les abres tomber directement dans l´eau boueuse et parfois un plus petit bras de riviere s´enfonce dans la jungle. On a envie de prendre une pirogue et de s´y enfoncer. Le mauvais point du voyage est que ...

Across the water from BA to Uruguay 3 hours on the ferry to the very picturesque town of Colonia, on route to spend a few days in Montevideo.. A destination I hadn't thought of visiting but due to its close proximity to BA thought why on earth not, and would make a nice change to get out of the city of a bit, one of my longest stays in any one place for quite a long time..

After lots of discussion last night, we decided to stick to our original schedule and have one night in Uruguay and then spend the next night on a night bus travelling the 20 hours up to the Igacu Falls. <br><br>So we finished our packing, paid our ...