It was finally time for the main course of our two week Christmas Vacation in South America. In this case: steak and Malbec (Buenos Aires, Argentina). We hopped on a bus in Montevideo and traveled for 2 hours to Colonia, Uruguay. From there we boarded a small ferry (we had one ticket for the bus and ferry through Colonial Express). The Ferry was fast and the trip across the Rio de la Plata (River of Silver) from Uruguay to Buenos Aires only took about an hour and a half.
This may sound like a long, high speed trip across a river, however, this is apparently the widest river in the world at the mouth before it dumps into the Atlantic Ocean. Colonia is the closest land in Uruguay to Buenos Aires with still an incredible 30 miles between the two ports. The widest part of the mouth of Rio de la Plata is 140 miles across!
It was a windy afternoon so some pretty rough seas managed to accumulate on the Rio de la Plata that day making for a somewhat shaky ride. However, all in all, this was a pretty fun way to enter a country for the first time. It also saved us some money because there is a $131 charge for americans to enter the country via plane yet there is no charge to enter via ferry. Buenvenidos a Buenos Aires, Argentina! Disfruta!
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| Riverboat casino docked in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires |
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