Kempinski Hotel Colony Park Plaza Colonia del Sacramento

... but as there only means of transportation.

We found a Bed and breakfast type hotel near the beach, and well out of town. Beautiful place and included brekkie.

There was an old unused bullring nearby, long since deserted and definitely not used any more. We called in to a shipwreck museum just down the road from that. Really interesting but all the supporting info was in Spanish - should have ...

Today we took a ferry from Buenos Aires to a little town called Colonia
del Sacramento in Uruguay. The ferry was pretty nice, and even had a couple of
Wii systems set up! Really cool. Katie had to stop herself from booting
the kiddies off the game.

Colonia is a town of about 22,000 people that was originally founded by
Portuguese in 1680 to smuggle goods into Spanish controlled Buenos ...

... as we got to the terminal just fine and even had time to buy breakfast. We got to Colonia as scheduled, and left our bags in lockers at the bus terminal, and proceeded to explore the town...

Colonia del Sacramento is a quaint, little colonial town between Buenos Aires and Montevideo that was once a Portuguese colony. It's barrio histórico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Upon arriving in town, we ...

... sunbathe and we started to feel like we were cooking so we had to give up and head back to the hostel. We were not prepared for the sight when we got back - we were burnt!!! That would´ve been fine except we were mainly burnt on our faces. To top it all off I had been wearing sunglasses all day so I looked like I was wearing some kind of super-hero goggles. I´m glad there was no small children staying in the hostel, they would´ve been traumatised for life after ...

... from where the main street is now. We enjoyed all the little shops full of art and souvenier type trinkets. There were a half a dozen or so art museums and plenty restraunts over looking the river than ran into the sea. This little place was founded by the Portugese in 1680 and is a World Heritage Site. Thick stone walls lining the streets make them feel like ...

... that had I not gone, I never would've met the Calgary Cuties - a fair trade off, I think! Plus, there was a lovely young lady who appeared to be Argentinean, and was lounging by the pool, and who definitely could have entered the Miss Cola competition, and might have even won it ... did I already mention that I like Timbo Posada? I can't remember the guy's name, but there was a very friendly worker at the hostel. He was quite ...

... to Spain this summer! Buenos Aires has been a bit strange for me, so far - after seeing the multitudes of beautiful women in Mendoza, I was fully prepared to move Argentina up to second on my list, ahead of Croatia, The Netherlands, and Poland (a close, three-way tie), on my list of countries with the most beautiful women. Of course, Spain is still #1 by far, since it not only has the most beautiful women, but also the largest ...

... The old town of Colonia , the "Barrio Historico" , is a very cute and picturesque collection of colonial architecture, ruins, cobbles, tree-lined streets and a waterfront promenade. Colonia was actually founded by the Portuguese rather than the Spanish and they managed to hold out against Spanish invaders for around a century. Certainly it´s not the "real" Uruguay but rather a pretty touristic place ... but nonetheless a pleasant location to ...

... Rio del Plate (or 'River Plate') all the way over to BA on the horizon.

This was really cool, even if you might have to squint a bit to make out the BA skyline!



Once down at ground level we walked back towards our hotel and ...