Hello All!!
We are currently in Buenos Aires (BA) after a very long trip over the water. What was suppose to be a short uneventful ferry crossing across the Rio De La Plata turned out to take us all day. It all started when a massive thunderstrom appeared just as we were going through immigration. We both got our passport stamped when they announced that the port was closed until the weather calmed down. Thankfully the terminal opened again after an hour so we weren't that delayed. All back on track!! Or so we thought....
The boat was suppose to take us about 2 hours. After about an hour and a half we began to think we were almost there. A curly haired dude appeared with a microphone and started to jibber away in spanish, only which Steph managed to catch a bit of. We promptly turned around to ask the couple behind us what was happening, as people started shouting at the poor curly haired dude. The boat was broken! and instead of heading to the big city of BA we had infact, been going round in circles 10km away from Colonia (where we had left). It then proceeded to take 3 and a half hours to turn around and head back to Colonia where a wee tug boat appeared to take us to the port when we were close enough to shore. After a 45 minute lock down in what can only be described as a holding bay, another company took us to BA. So folks, if you ever want to get the ferry from Colonia to BA, pay the extra and take the Seacat!! (we would however like to say thank you to the express colonia for providing us with 2 free sodas, a sandwich and some random ham flavored crackers!)
We have now spent two nights in BA, with one more to go. BA is a lovely city, which reminds us both very much of Paris in places. The pair of us have both also heared that you must eat steak when in Argentina and so thats whats on the cards for tonight. Steak the Argentinian way... we'll tell you what way that is once we've found out!!
I think the last time we spoke to you all we were in Montevideo heading to Colonia. Colonia was a Portuguese smuggling port and very pretty with its small cobbled streets. It is a very sleepy town, with lots of cafes and a beautiful sunset, which we went and watched both nights. There were also 7 museums in Colonia, of which we did 4 in an hour, had some Mate (type of tea out here) and continued our new daily ritual of an ice-cream a day. (As of right now Argentina is leading in the ice cream battle, followed closely by Urugauy).
The two of us are now getting ready for our next long bus journey to Bariloche tomorrow, which takes 20 hours. I am 100% positive that both our bums will ache after that one!
Catch you all when we're in Patagonia!
Steph and Anna
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