Back to La Boca, my favourite place in Buenos Aires and yes I'm aware that the non touristy bits are excessively dangerous. It is the street art and the loco vibe that I find really appealing. After speaking to two locals we decided to take a taxi instead of the bus down the road to the departing Port for Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. The locals however told us not pay more than A$10. However when the taxi started it was already on A$12. Convinced we were getting ripped off we mentioned this to the cab driver and he was less then impressed and dropped us off at the police on the side of the road...haha rather random. Anyhow armed with the correct information this time we got another taxi which took us all the way there for A$35. We boarded the ferry which was opposite the floating casino. I'm digressing a bit, but find it quite interesting that casinos on land are not allowed in Buenos Aires and therefore they have a floating on (as it's not built on land).

It took an hour and half to get to Colonia. We were greeted by our organised walking tour lady who was really sweet and typically South American in character.

We were guided through the original gates and into the old city which has a combination of Spanish and Portuguese architecture. Cob-bald stone streets and vintage cars added to this old town feel. There is a very simple cathedral but has a great charm to it, perhaps in it's simplicity. It's became a trend for people to get married there and use the town as a backdrop for photos. We had a traditional Uruguayan lunch which is steak covered with cheese bacon and egg on a bed of chips. We learnt though that Uruguay is way more expensive than Buenos Aires and that meal was just as expensive as our fancy meal including wine at the exclusive Don Julio last night.

I met some amazing fisher men, commercial divers and had "Mate" (their and Argentina's traditional tea which is usually drank at least with one other person - very social) with some students. Had the most peaceful time on these rocks overlooking the "sea" (it's actually a river, well the widest in the world).

Rona went on a crazy cycle while I was trampling around. We went up the lighthouse for sunset and then found a sweet coffee shop and met a really interesting English girl who grew up in the middle East.

Before we knew it the day was over and we made our way back to BA Port. We had to get the 152 back from la Boca. We asked a stationary police vehicle with two policemen where we should go.

They clearly didn't look happy for us to be walking there at 22:30 and before we knew it we were being escorted in the police car to the bus station as part of their patrol. It was a truly eventful day with another one of those "is this really happening" days.