Yesterday we all decided to take the hour long ferry to a small town called Colonia just accross the river in Uruguay. This turned into the nightmare from hell. We arrrived to find the terminal jam packed with people trying to get out of town. We waited for 45 min to buy our tickets (missed the first ferry). Then we went through "security" (the metal detector went off, nobody cared and the guy watching the screen for the xray machine went at least three minutes without actually looking at the baggage screen). Then we found out that we had to check in even though we didn´t have bags. If Linda hadn´t asked some fellow Americans in front of the line to check us in it would have been another 30 min. Boat was still about 2 hours late anyway.
Colonia was actually a nice town, we walked around and had a interesting lunch. I had the BBQ mixed plate in my effort to expand my horizons once more. So I had (I think) ribs, tripe, chirizo, blood sausage and liver (animal origin unknown). Most of it was ok but I´m never eating Blood sausage ever again. That makes 2 things I´ll never put in my mouth ever again (sea urchin & blood sausage). A few beers later we wondered on to see the rest of the town. Not a lot to see except for some lame ruins from the Portugese settlement here in the 1600´s and blatent tourist trapy-shops, they did have a casino and a horse race track so they get some points. The river is really muddy and disgusing (mom and Meg - think Lake Springfield). I wouldn´t come here for beach action.
Heading back we ran into the same beuracracy, long lines, and multiple checkin points. While in line to get onto the return ferry, I ran into co-worker number 2 on the trip. (For any Googlers reading this I ran into Nat Cru in Patagonia and had dinner with her. In Uruguay I ran into Emma, she was in Uruguay at the beach for the holidays with a friend. So tell her hi to her for me and I hope she made the ferry).
We´ll it is our last day in Buenos Aires before heading to Iguazu falls tomorrow. We are dying for a swimming pool, here is our next hotel: www.hotelsaintgeorge.com Awwww yeah!
Thanks for everyone who is reading the blog and the comments you add, we love reading them on the road.
So Mary and Ed, I´m pretty sure what I ate was actually canal rat and not an actual beaver but we can research that when I get home.
Jesse, yes, I´m dying, Brazil will be even harder.
Jeff you are a douch bag and I have a picture for you when I get home.
Jim, I´m totally going for the random meat treat on this journey.
Dave and Amie
5 comments:
that hotel looks amazing!!! so jealous!!! you guys rule. love the postings. cant wait to read more.........
xoxoxo
ronnie
Hey, curious, when you get to brazil are you going to drive one of those cars that run on biodiesel?
If you do not come back with a picture of yourself with a real gaucho, this trip will not be a complete success!!
JP
What a great trip. I get more jealous every day. By the way, I think I would rather have beaver than canal rat or any kind of rat.
Hey, as long as you are there and eating rodents, try some Capybara. It's the world's largest rodent, and it's native to south america! How can you pass it up?
That ferry sounds like a nightmare. I'm glad you made it! Amie, I hope you're feeling better.
So jealous that you're going to Iguazu Falls-- I'm dying to go there. I'm a sucker for waterfalls.
Was hanging with Jill last weekend and we were talking about you two... don't worry, only nice things of course! Hope you're having an amazing time and the trip continues to be an adventure!
Hey guys, I can't believe you sucked down a canal rat!! Can't you get that in Chinatown?
actually, I think you can get beaver on a stick at
Cornfest! Can't wait to see pics of the Falls. Thanks for calling this AM.
Love mom and mike
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