Radisson Hotel Colonia Colonia del Sacramento

... in South America - it's just a shame they´re not all Shake Aways (see Si Ray), because if they were we'd be racking up points and free helpings. The other thing of note in Colonia was the scooters, and buggies for hire. We didn't actually hire one but lots of people did - and noone wore helmets - outrageous!

Anyway - that´s all for now ... see ya

... to start with. I failed. Within 4 minutes. We found ourselves on the highway heading to Montevideo at 30mph... surprisingly we managed to overtake some slower moving cars! We realised about 10 mins along this road that it wasn`t the right way, so turned back.

Back in town, a few turns the wrong way down one way streets but other than that we were fine. Then we performed an apparantly illegal turn in the road, and got pulled over ...

... by the Portuguese in 1680. Because of its strategic location near the point where the Uruguay River joins the Parana River to form the Rio Plata, and therefore, its ability to control access to the vast areas to the north, Colonia was the site of on-going battles between the Spanish and Portuguese. Remember that in 1494, the Spanish and Portuguese had ...

... de mon billet. Il paraît hésiter quelques secondes mais me laisse finalement passer. Le bateau est extrêmement grand et large, les rangées comptent plus 20 sièges. Il est loin d'être rempli. Sur le pont inférieur sont parquées les voitures.
Je m'installe quelques instants près d'une fenêtre quand soudain, j'entends l'hôtesse qui demande, au micro, un certain "bissenté coléaouks" au guichet administratif. Surpris, je descends sur le pont principal ...

... morning. Josh (this guy, remember?: http://www.looseinthemusic.blogspot.com /) and I managed to get ourselves in first class-- which was pretty nice. Between the VIP buses and the First Class ferries, I could get used to this stuff. It might be hard re-acclimating back to coach/economy level in the States! ;) And long-story short, we got to Colonia, a cute little town, spent the afternoon--had a guided bus and ...

just a few hours in this gorgeous seaside town as got the bus here from montevideo to catch the boat across the water back to argentina. so hot today, about 34 degrees and the sun is strong. we walked around a bit to see the town and had an afternoon white wine spritzer three floors up at this lovely cafe bar overlooking the waterfront.

... walking to the Waldorf with my backpack, I didn't want to sweat again - so I hopped into a taxi. The driver drove a few unnecessary blocks to get to the terminal, so the fare was slightly higher than it should have been. Since it was only about $1 CAD more than it should have been, I didn't really care, and ended up rounding the fare up 0.40 pesos (about 15 cents CAD). The driver asked me "I owe you 0.40 pesos - do you want it back ...

... BA. We all joked that it was almost like we were dining on the waterfront somewhere in Vancouver - and really, based solely on appearances, you'd never know the difference. The waiters at Bice absolutely loved the t-shirt that Ranjit was wearing - he picked it up our second day in BA when we were in San Telmo. The shirt is basically a commentary of Maradona's infamous "Hand of God" goal in a World Cup match against England, a ...

... in to get it changed. By the time we got back down of course there was a massive queue (not my day!) but got there in the end and also managed to find the tax free shopping cash point ourselves. The boat was very comfortable and only took an hour. The water was really brown when we arrives but which we found odd but later figures out that the water was coming down from the jungle heading out ...