Uruguay

After a long 18 hour bus journey from Iguazu in Northern Argentina (departing Monday 16:00), we arrived back to Buenos Aires at 10:00 this morning. Coach cost about Arg $376. Not cheap and wouldnt fancy doing that trip every day. The bus though was fantastic ... big sleeper coach with tv, meals, movies, and seats that recline into beds with plenty of leg room. More comfortable and cheaper than air travel and definitely worth it if you have the time and are not in a mad rush.

I was wearing my hat yesterday in Iguazzu before we left and as the day was a scorcher, my face is all brown but my head is white. I look like a total tourist with a tan!

After getting into BA retiro Station we caught a taxi to the port (only becuase we were too lazy to walk the 1km up the road) and we caught a ferry across to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay http://www.welcomeuruguay.com/colonia/index_i.html

Bit of a rip off on the ferry ... Arg$210 per person for a a 1 hr trip. Everyone on the boat was crammed into one room on the ship and you couldnt even go out on deck. Half the boat was reserved for first class but there were hardly any first class travellers on board. Anyway .. long story short, if I was doing it again and going from Igauzu to Uruguay, Id recommend a bus from Iguazzu to Concordia and cross the boarder into Salto and catch a coach on to Colonia or Montevideo, avoiding BA altogether and the ferry. (I´ve subsequently found out that ´Buquebus´company actually fly from Iguazu directly to Monetivideo which makes even more sense ... not sure on price of this but I saw it advertised in Montevideo at Buquebus office.)

We arrived into Colonia del Sacramento at about 13:30 (we left BA at 12:30) and we made our way into the town looking for a bank to get some Uruguayan peso´s and we then got a taxi to ´La Casa de Teresa´(Teresa´s house)

http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/La-Casa-de-Teresa/Colonia-del-Sacramento/15463#

Will update later on the accomodation, but at first glance it looks ok, but not half as nice as the hostel in Iguazzu (Its basically a room in a lady´s back garden).

After chilling out for a while, we made our way down the town ... really chilled laid back place .. nice walk down by the sea front. Went to a pizza restaurant for dinner. Bill came to c. URG $900 (33 Euro) for a full meal with a drink followed by coffee after (for 3 people).  Walked back to the hostel after and home about 21:00. Shattered after all the travelling since Monday afternoon. Looking forward to a good nights sleep! Whole day of sightseeing tomorrow¨:-)

Adios!