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When someone suggests I take a bus somewhere I picture the Chinatown to Chinatown buses you can find from NYC to Washington, DC. Very basic ammenities with a slight stench oozing from the back toilet.
So, when I found out many of the buses from point A to B were 14 - 20 hours I wasn´t so keen to start hopping around from spot to spot. Our first bus rides from Montevideo to Valiz already sent some encouragement that perhaps things wouldn´t be so bad. We at least had air conditioning and the seats were quite comfy.
Then, we took a ferry boat from Colonia to Buenos Aires. We thought we bought tickets for the slow 2.5 hour boat for $US20 but it turns out that bought us tickets on the 1 hour fast boat. We get on the ferry having forgotten to buy lunch supplies. Next thing we know ferry attendants are wandering the aisles handing out packed lunches. This is more than most American Airlines hand out for free these days!
Well, then ... then we finally tried an overnight bus. We took a 14 hour one from Buenos Aires to Mendoza (Argentina´s Wine Country). When we saw the seats on our bus we must have looked liked little kids going on their first ride ever! These seats were similar to ones you´d find in first class on a plane. We only had semi-cama seats which tilt about 3/4 of the way back. For about $8 more you can buy cama ones that go almost flat.
It just got better from there. They showed us two movies, fed us dinner and breakfast and gave us blankets and pillows. If I had known how to say "will you tuck me in?" in spanish I may have asked the bus attendant to do so.
