Day trip to Uruguay
July 21st 2006 Buenos Aires is separated from Uruguay by the Rio De La Plata (Plate River) and ferries run from the city to Uruguay's captial Montevideo and to the historic town of Colonia Del Sacramento. I had spent quite a lot of time in big cities recently so I decided to catch the ferry to Colonia for an afternoon.
Colonia was founded by the Portuguese in 1680 and much of its Portuguese colonial architectu
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