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25Jan/081

Colonia del Sacramento -> Buenos Aires

January 23rd
I may not have liked Cabo Polonio, but I sure do love Colonia del Sacramento. It is extremely beautiful, very quiet and relaxed; nobody is in a hurry here (nor is anyone openly drunk). I spent several hours today, just walking around in the town (only 22.000 inhabitants) taking pictures. As a testament to how beautiful it is (pictures will come at a later time) it is listed on the UNESCO world heritage list.
It only has one flaw, I couldn't find anywhere to eat breakfast, and had to wait until 11 o' clock before I could eat something, by which time I was rather hungry. But after eating nothing particular happened, I just sucked in more of the town, and enjoyed all of it; such a pretty place.

When time got around for dinner I went to a seafood restaurant and ordered something that sounded nice, but turned out to be shrimps coated in deep fried fish. It wasn't exactly tasty, but rather cheap; although I do regret my choice, but such is the world.
I know I have to get into a system of making my own food, but it is a process and I'm still moving around rather rapidly. I am very interested in getting to know how to transport e.g. meat around in a bag without it going bad, or bread without it crumbling. As I am only one person traveling, my food consumption doesn't cover an entire bag of bread in a day, or a pack of sliced ham and a head of lettuce in a day; but I will get there.

After my glorious dinner I headed back to my hostel, and fell in conversation with 2 other traveler. Simon from Kent (England) and Rob from Sydney (take a guess); both backpackers and good company. I went to bed around midnight.

24th of January
Not the most thrilling of days, I woke up at 8 and went to get a ferry from Colonia to Buenos Aires at 10:45. At roughly 11:15 I was in Buenos Aires, and at 11:25 I was in the Bus Terminal (what a place) where I bought a ticket for Carmen de Patagonia (where I am now); and set out discovering the place. I bought a digital watch for roughly 20 DKK which has the time (duh), light, a calender and a stopwatch. I ate lunch (French toast) and dinner (very fat cheese burger) before boarding a bus which was 30 minutes late (enough to upset any Nordic/Swiss person, but not the natives); the time was 22:15.

  • Anne Sophie Rothe

    Hej Jens.
    Jeg haaber, at du har det godt derovre, og at du ikke er aaaalt for sulten hele tiden! Det er sjovt at laese, hvad du gaar og laver. Hvor meget er 1 peso? Det er lidt svaert at forstaa priserne, naar man ikke ved hvor meget en peso er vaerd. Jeg haaber, at du moeder nogle flinke mennesker, saa du har nogen at snakke med. Hvis du ikke ved det endnu, er Mr. Lochhead desvaerre doed, han doede sidste fredag. :’(
    Kh,
    Anne Sophie.