The 124th Episode : River in 168 miles wide！
[May, 1998 Montevideo, Uruguay]
Next place to go was the port to research of Mercosur (Southern Common Market in South America). After we got out of the office the car was heading along the street by the sea. It was not so fine day but not rainy. Waves come and go on the shore and palm trees were on the roadside.
In the late autumn in the end of May, it was not the swimming season. Many visitors of sea bathing are here in January, the hottest season. Then he said ‘by the way, this is not the sea but a river.’ ‘No kidding. Waves and horizon, it’s the sea to all seeming.’ I said. “OK, I’ll stop the car. So, go to the shore to lick the water.” he said. Ehh? Fresh water?
Yes, it was genuine the river called ‘La Plata’ and just the river mouth. The width is 168 miles! It is the border between Uruguay and Argentina. Japan’s inland sea is too small just like a gutter.
