La Boca - Caminito

Meat Feast!

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May 31st 2006
After 17 hours on the overnight bus from the waterfall, we briefly stopped in Buenos Aires before jumping straight on the ferry across the River Plate to Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay. At first we weren't sure whether to check out Uruguay however being only one hour over the water from Buenos Aires we thought we may as well. We liked Colonia, a small sleepy town dating back to the 1600's with gr ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more