Colonia, Uruguay
After spending a week in Buenos Aires, next stop will be Uruguay. There is a ferry to Colonia from Buenos Aires. It’s an hour ride and the fast ferry cost 129 pesos (around $35).
Decided to save money and took a public bus (1.20peso) to the port but went the wrong way and then ended up taking a taxi instead which cost 20 pesos which is around $5 because I was late.
The ferry is super fast and felt like the boat was jumping on the wave all the way to Colonia.
Colonia is consider a UNESCO world heritage site because of the many old colonial building in the town.
An intro copied from wikitravel..
Colonia del Sacramento (Nova Colonia do Santissimo Sacramento) was founded in 1680 by the Portuguese (Manuel Lobo), sandwiched in between the Portuguese colony of Brazil and the Spanish Vice Royalty of the River Plate (later Argentina, Uruguay and Southern Brazil). Its strategic position and use as a smuggling port meant that its sovereignty was hotly contested and the city changed hands several times between Spain and Portugal.
Met a Belgian at the hostel and went to a restaurant close by. I have Cazuela again but it’s slightly from the Cazuela in Santiago. This has pig stomache in it. (90 pesos, around $4.5)
Seems like you only hang out with the Asians out there. Still in fear of talking “Spanish” to the natives?
I only know a few simple words and count in Spanish, I want to take spanish classes next or portuguese.