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.
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Anne Sophie Rothe