La Colonia de Sacramento Uraguay

Discussing with the Reception staff ,whether to go to Colonia del Sacramento or Montevideo ,they said Colonia
So ,i arranged the visit for today
However,having discovered that Dad set sail for Southampton aged 4months ,from Montevideo,I am regretting my decision .Time here is now short .Talking with tour guides ,I explored going to Montevideo on 6th feb ,but as I have a flight from.BA on 7th the ferry times are too tight and I can't risk cancellation of the ferry
I was collected at my hotel at 7am ..and dropped at the ferry terminal ,to fend for myself ,not what I was expecting .Had to check in and through border control ,attaining a stamp.for my 23rd country since last March
The journey was an hour long
On arrival I approached the tour desk and myself and 3 other English speaking people were taken to the Historic centre of Colonia.
It seems it has been a hotly contested location between the Spanish and Portuguese over the years
It was a hotbed location for smuggling
A Jesuit Monastery here was left to rot ,after the order was disbanded . The ruin nows holds a functioning lighthouse,instilled when.the location of the Marina had to be altered
The guide gaves us the briefest of info...basically pointing out key aspects from a central ish stsnding still locstion ,and left us to it .Again ,not what I'd expected
I headed for the seashore and spent some time there
This was going to be a loooong day !! As the guide left us at 11 am and the ferry back wasnt till 5pm
Once round this really small location and you're done !
However ,thanks to the total lack.of guidance from.the guide I went twice round the place ,looking for the restaurant ,i had a voucher for ,for lunch..The food was Knackered ....so dry ....and the singer brought round envelopes ,saying it was so I could give a tip for his singing
Think my hearing is going with all the abuse.my ears take from.flying....so when the waitress asked about my having water ,i thought she said ,with ice,so i said yes ,i found out to my cost ,she must have said ,with Gas ,as i got fizzy water,which i dont like ,but I drank it
Lunch over, I wandered towards the boat terminal ,stopping again,to watch the waves for a while . The body of water between BA and Uraguay,is an Estuary and the world's widest river ...the Rio del plata
Arriving back in BA ,my driver brought me back to the hotel
I had a fruit smoothie and sandwich in the very nice reception area before returning to my room.to update my Penguins
A nice place ,but if there had been a boat back about 3pm that would have sufficedLæs mere