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Crossing To Uruguay

Buenos Aires Harbor
Buenos Aires Harbor

Not yet tired of Buenos Aires, its huge steaks and great nigtlife, we nonetheless decided to travel further, to Uruguay, a country we had never been to. Montevideo was supposed to be a great capital, small and safe enough to be traveled easily, yet very nice to visit.

Uruguay is right across the Rio De La Plata, a short three hours boat ride from Buenos Aires. We boarded the Eladia Isabel ferry with about 2,000 other people (or so it seemed) and watched Argentina´s capitale fading away in the glaring sun.

I soon realized that the Rio De La Plata wasn´t your usual boring blue river. It was a nice bronze color, rich of the copper flowing from the Amazon. The resulat was a cocoa-colored water – not muddy, just creamy. It contrasted deeply with the green deck of the boat and the deep blue sky, making us feel like we were navigating a giant cappucino. Yummy.

Uruguay, on the other side, looked much greener than Buenos Aires. We passed small bushy island and we saw colonial buildings, far away. A peaceful view.

We jumped on the bus, barely out of the boat, and dozed off on our way to the capitale.

On The Boat
On The Boat
Leaving Argentina
Leaving Argentina
Going Away
Going Away
Bronze Water
Bronze Water
Looking Through The Buoy
Looking Through The Buoy
Proxima Estacíon: Uruguay
Proxima Estacíon: Uruguay
Oh So Colorful
Oh So Colorful
Uruguay´s Lighthouse
Uruguay´s Lighthouse
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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

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