Argentina to Uruguay - Buenos Aires in the Rearview Mirror

We flew back to BA from Iquazu. Then we grabbed a cab as fast as we could to get us to port. We wanted to catch the high speed catamaran from BA to Colonia Del Sacramento on the other side of the bay.  It was a little too fast. It was where our luck with cabs in BA ran out. Patrice and I let the driver know the address and it seemed pretty clear at the time. There were two things in our favor. We had just spent a week in BA, so we knew our way around pretty well. We also had Google Maps up to show our location versus our destination.  Clearly, the driver was taking us for a ride!  Finally he had to stop for a light and I showed him our location versus our preferred path and he got with the program. But not before he ripped us off for 100 pesos. (OK, it's only 6 bucks but it's the principle of the thing)
 

In spite of our detour, we got to the boat in time and caught this to our next destination.  It was a very quick and smooth ride.  I would guess this big boat was making about 35 knots across the water.

  

They don't have any windows out the bow unless you're sitting in first class on the upper deck.  Here's the view out the stern as we leave BA. Anybody want to water ski?

We arrived in Colonia in late afternoon and set out to explore the town.  It's the site of an old Portuguese fort from the 17th century. Many of the walls are still standing.

We found a little restaurant for dinner..

 It may be hard to see, but this restaurant was outdoors with a gravel floor. The door was so small even Patrice had to duck to go inside.

 Here's an example of one of the walls and an old gate as our daylight was fading.. 

We love this place and we are thrilled with our B&B too.  So look for a lot of pix tomorrow from both.