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October 20th 2005

Published: October 27th 2005

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JezLin

Colonia Sunset

Who dimmed the lights?

Having spent almost a week in busy Buenos Aires , we decided to 'pop over'to Uruguay for a day for some fresh air. This meant a boat trip to Colonia del Sacremento, which by fast boat took one hour and cost 100 pesos, but by slow took three hours and cost 50 pesos. Now seeing as the fast boat left 2 hours after the slow boat... (duh!) the decision was simple!
Colonia was a nice little town with cobbled streets (painful on my ankle!), various dinky museums, a little harbour for the local yachting fraternity, and some nice beaches. Unfortunately not having brought our Driving licence on the day, we couldn´t hire a moped to get to the Bullring, but seeing as neither of us had driven one before, probably a good thing!
On the way back from the beach to catch the boat home, we climbed up the Colonia lighthouse just in time to see the fast ferry accelerate away from the port. Very breezy up there so we didn´t hang around. Luckily, catching the later slow boat home meant we were superbly placed to watch the sunset.

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Jeremy Houston/Linda Durack

JezLin

After years of commuting by rail and road, we both decided enough was enough and to take the plunge and plan a Round the World trip. Six months was the limit we set, but who knows if we'll stick to it?? This trip has been in the pipeline for at least 18 months, and once the money was saved, the jabs done (ouch!), it was all systems go. As of 18th Sep 05, Lin and Jeremy have left the country!!... full info

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