Day 5: Tren de la Costa

The alternative title of this post is "How many references to Thomas and Curious George can Juan and Jan make in one day".

Do we miss him? Um, just a little.

So, we snubbed our noses at the ferry to Uruguay and set off on the tren de la costa to see what lie up the river (coast) from BA. We mistakenly decided to walk from the hotel to the train station because it didn't look too far on the map. Ugh. It was hot, humid, smoky and gritty. We were glad to get there and quickly got our tickets for the local train. We took it until it ended and then walked over to the start of the train up the coast. Er river.
So, let's talk about this river for a minute. It's big and runs right outside our hotel. It's lined with fancy stores, nice resturants and lots of high-rise buildings. It's also chocolate brown. Now, I have seen worse as far as rivers go - the Nile and Gangees have nothing on this puppy but still - I wouldn't allow my child within one mile of it. No touching of the water here.
So we got on the train - air-conditioned! yeah! - and swiftly went up the coast (northwest of BA I think? Ask Juan.) until it ended in Delta. Delta is a fun town. The river comes in and then the city diverges into a series of canals with boat taxis and sight-seeing cruises. We chose one that lasted two hours and zigzagged through the canals. We sat in the (totally sweltering and un-air conditioned) resturant area and had a snack and looked at all the vacation houses lining the canals.
We saw some really cool houses. Place I'd love to live in - as long as nobody made me get in the river. Bleah.
After that we headed back to the train and made our way back. We did stop at San Isidro for ice cream before continuing all the way back to BA. And we did decide to take a taxi back from the train station.
We're looking forward to a shower,clean clothes and then dinner. Tomorrow afternoon we fly to El Calafate.Our hotel is supposed to have wi-fi so I'll try and update again tomorrow night.
Pictures here.
Love to all,
Jan