We booked passage on the Buquebus Fast Ferry to Colonia, Uruguay for a Father's Day trip.
We went to the ferry terminal one hour early to get in a line to check in, to get in a line to go through security, to get in line to go through Customs, to (surprise) get in line to get on the ferry.
Otherwise, it was very efficient process.
The ferry ride was only an hour. A Fast Ferry gets up to 40 knots. We got off the ferry, hit the local tourist info centre to get a map and walked the 8 blocks to Old Colonia. We only saw 4 people in that 8 block walk (not necessarily a walk I would want to do in the dark).
It is a cool little touristy destination. It was a nice little day tour where we learned a bit of history.
It has a lighthouse (built from the ruins of the convent) which we climbed to the top of,
a tile museum - which we went inside for a 3 minute tour (that was the extended version of the tour!), a yacht club - where we had lunch. It also had a few good patios where they served the local Uruguayan beer (called Patricia) that was quite good.
We did see one of the more interesting pots in which a plant grew....either that or they never tow away abandoned cars......
I like the rental vehicle fleet here - it consists of dune buggies (the cobblestone streets are pretty cobbly), scooters and golf carts.
We walked instead - Colonia isnt that big to need a golf cart to see the whole thing. We got there at 12:30 pm, saw the whole place, went up the lighthouse, toured the tile museum, had a long lunch, stopped for a beer on a patio and still made it back for the 5:30 pm sailing (including another customs visit with paperwork and passport stamping)!We got back on the ferry, had two scoots of champagne and did some duty free shopping in time to arrive back in BA to catch the Sunday coverage of the US Open. The duty free rum and Amaretto supply in the apartment is back up to an acceptable level.
Monday was a(nother) public holiday here in Argentina - Flag Day!
B.
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