Saturday, 20 November 2010

Day 77 – Colonia - Montevideo

Dave and I left Buenos Aires in pain. Getting up so early again after having slept only 3 hours it was something extremely painful and excruciating. We arrived at the harbour to then jump into the boat to Colonia in Uruguay. I do not remember much of the journey since I slept pretty much the whole time. We arrived in Colonia around 13.30. I left the bag at the station and we started walking around the little town. Surprisingly, Colonia is a very beautiful and well preserved little town with lots of precious corners to discover. We had lunch in an extravagant place listening to some nice local music and enjoying decent fresh food for a reasonable price. I took lots of pictures while walking around the little streets or along the coast to reach the harbour. Our bus was booked for 6pm and we gradually walked back to the station. It was approximately a 4 hour ride to Montevideo. Once there we managed thanks to the good advice of the taxi driver, to find what it was probably the best hostel in the city, right in the centre of the main square, Plaza Indipendencia. We went to bed fairly early not only because the city didn’t really have to offer as much as Buenos Aires, but mostly because we were really exhausted. I was so tired that paradoxically I couldn’t really fall asleep if not when it was already late; enough to be sleepy one more time the day after.

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