Kempinski Hotel Colony Park Plaza Colonia del Sacramento

... asked for. <br>Decided to return to BA the next day, walke down to the port with Laura and as she already had her ticket she went straight through but I had to go and find the office to buy one. I said I'd catch up with her on the boat... well I only went and bought a ticket with a different company! So as I'm sitting in the waiting room, I can see my boat and also see her boat further on. I was laughing to myself thinking what a loser I ...

... status and is probably one of the most picturesque places we have visited during our time in South America. It´s easy to see what life was like hundreds of years ago in these parts, as large areas of the town have hardly changed. In fact, it's probably Uruguay's version of Bath or Stratford back in the UK.<br><br>After a day´s wandering, we had to agree that the place was great. You can see why thousands of tourists ...

... people. <br><br><br><br><br>For two days, we enjoyed the pedestrian scale and historic atmosphere of Colonia -- and some excellent food. On our first night, which had turned cold, we enjoyed dessert and coffees in a cozy restaurant while listening to a musician play beautiful guitar music. <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br><br>The next morning ...

South American pizza = special<br><br>That's pretty much it. When I think Uruguay, I think about Aaron's pizza... always.<br><br>We took the boat over to Colonia, Uruguay from Buenos Aires early in the morning. It took three hours, but it cost a lot less than the other options. When we docked, we wandered around town for a bit and then decided to check out the historic part. We stopped at a little restaurant just off the main street for lunch. I ...

... of place that just transported you back in time - beautiful little narrow cobbled streets, a port, lots of picturesque old colonial buildings and gorgeous little secluded beaches. It was exactly the place to come if you wanted to get out of the city for a few days and relax - perfect for us!! There wasn´t much to do except take in the scenery so thats exactly what we did. After an initial wander around the old town we headed down the coast and came across a lovely ...

... plan. So I started to head for town. Anna then pootled past me on her scooter and advised me that the next bus was due in 5 minutes and indicated where I should wait, which I did to no avail as one bus just flew past me regardless of the semaphore messages I was waving at it. After waiting in vain a little longer and standing on an ants nest whilst doing so, I gave up and continued my journey. I eventually came across a very small shopping centre, so I popped in to ...

... a white #45 bus that goes to the airport, despite being told that by every driver I asked. The funny thing is that I'm almost certain that several of the airport buses came by, but I just had the bad luck of always flagging down the wrong bus, and probably missing 5 or so of the actual airport buses. I was told to allow for the bus ride to take 60 mins because of unpredictable traffic, but it only took me about 35-40 to get ...

... wait ... in Vancouver, there's an area called Richmond, which might as well be named Chinatown! Most of the Brazilians didn't speak much English, so I stuck to Spanish while chatting with them. DAD then interrupted, asking me "How come you talk with us in Spanish? Don't you speak any English?" Uh, yeah ... there are tons of Chinese guys from Canada that speak Spanish, before English. We're very common here ... uh ... yeah ... Hereafter, DAD ...

... district over the water, especially before the big old engines kicked in and created a huge wake behind us. <br><br> <br><br> <br><br>When the powerful engines kicked in, so did the black smoke!<br><br> <br><br>The boat itself was big &amp; fast ...