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Travel Blogs from La Paloma, Uruguay, Uruguay
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Good Things Come to those Who Wait...
This is a top pick! My mother always said "Good things come to those who wait" and now I know it is ...
City Sights, Sea Lions and Sunny Beaches
This is a top pick! ... behind and pressed on up the coast. We found what we were looking for in the laid-back little maritime community of La Paloma, with its landmark lighthouse and plenty of opportunities for long beach walks and quietly watching stunning sunsets. A little ...
Part 7: The proposal
... of Palermo, which is full of big parks, lakes and trees. After that, we jumped on the Buquebus' ferry from BA to Uruguay. Uruguay is a beautiful country. Our first port of call was Colonia, a pretty little chocolate box town with cobbled streets a small ...
sleepy little beach town
... to catch the first bus to Punta del Diablo but there was only 1 seat left when we got there so we improvised and took a bus to La Paloma. We had read it was a surf spot with a beautiful coast line. The reality of off season was very prevalent here- it was ...
...und das an meinem Geburtstag!
... , entschieden wir uns weiter zu reisen nach Maldonado, was wieder näher bei Montevideo liegt. Hat sich also richtig gelohnt bis nach La Paloma zu reisen. Naja, einmal in vier Monaten darf einem das Wetter auch mal einen Strich durch die Rechnung ...
...que tranquilo!
We love the Uruguayans, we love La Paloma, and even more: our hostel! On Friday night we left the apartment and got to the Buquebus terminal at 22 o' clock, for checking in and pasing immigration. In the passengers hall we were waiting with all the other ...
Domestic life in Uruguay
... out if it was just a temporary, seasonal thing or if it was always like that - pretty gross though! We then headed to La Paloma, where we are now. We bumped into our friends Andrea and Matt as we were wandering around town with our backpacks who took ...
Iain ur a gay
... fully booked, but I wasn't too disappointed to be leaving. I arrived at Hostel Gitanos in La Aguada - still a part of La Paloma but with the added benefit of not having any proper Supermarkets, any ATMs or tolerable restaurants in the vicinity. But before ...
The sleepy beach town of La Paloma
La Paloma is a small beach town with a population of only 3,400. It was just starting to come to life as we were there. During the summer months we are told that thousands descend upon this small beach community. There are long stretches of nice sandy ...
Camping on the coast
this campground is set up for two thousand, and we have it to ourselves. off season is slow, in spite of the excellent weather, winter means slow from what what we ...
Roaming part 2
Today we stopped at the town called La Paloma for breakfast and coffee. So far the trip has not been very adventurous but hopefully we'll get the bikes early this coming week and we will be able to hit the road soon. At least we started the plan the route ...
La Paloma to Rio Gallegos
Forty knot side winds ALL day and much cooler, we grind our way over 500 Kms to arrive at Rio Gallegos late evening. Winds do not let up and temp at midday 5 degrees. Challenge to keep the bikes in a straight line and passing truck is very ...
Cold beach towns and leaving Uruguay.....
La Paloma Took a day trip here from Rocha, not much here but had a great time regardless. We hired bikes and rode around checking out the village, beaches and port. Ponta Del Diablo Oh how i wished it were summer!! Great little beach town. Waves were ...
Surf, strand en barbecues
... zo top, kakkerlakken in de keuken, geen wcpapier en smerige douches. De volgende dag gelijk met de bus vertrokken naar La Paloma (6 uurtjes). Toen we aankwamen werden we gelijk door wat mensen uitgenodigd voor een barbecue 's avonds. Deze was erg ...
La Paloma
... to find someone in it. On asking about campsites we were told that their are only a couple open at the moment and got directed to La Aquarda, once more next to the sea. On arrival we were told we could park where we wanted since we are the only ones ...
Adorable Uruguay
... avec Margrethe et Terkel. Il y avait encore une mer de fin de tempête et un vent fort, et en haut du phare de La Paloma ça souffait! Le lendemain matin, une fois le soleil revenu, avec Adrian nous sommes allés nous promener sur la plage. Il avait ...
A cultural learning experience
... We had heard that the ritzy glitzy Punta del Este just down the road was the Monte Carlo of Uruguay or Prince Harry of destinations, whereas La Paloma was it's more reserved older brother William, frequented by families and a younger crowd on their summer ...
One hourse town
... its got a really cool light house, and our hotel has a view of the ocean, once again what more could a guy ask for. Uruguay, ironicly a world apart from alberta is very similiar, other then the whole beach thing, but its got 2 main cities punta del ...
Carnaval BA then Uruguay .
... nice time. The next day we had 12 hours to kill before getting a midnight boat-bus to Colonia Uruguay and onward to the beachy town of La Paloma. We spent the day checking out Palermo, the Bio-Reserve and a great Japanese garden. Took the subway ...
Back to Fetch our Bags
We got back to Olga's La Cruz del Sur Hostel to a greeting of "your room awaits" :-) Later, while we were doing stuff on the computer Olga arrived with two plates with apple pie she had baked and wanted to share with us. How extraordinarily nice of her! ...
Summer, sweet summer
... well. The hotel was very comfortable and very clean. We had the chance to experience lots of beaches: "La Aguada", "Costa Azul", "El Cabito", "Los Botes" all beaches with its particular charm. I think that "La Paloma" has the one beach for ...
Buenos Dias from Uruguay
... , was more like a floating vessel -- complete with a duty free shop that opened a few moments after leaving port. You see, Uruguay is to the Argentinians what Wisconsin is to Chicagoans -- anyone with money puts their car on the ferry, packs up the kids, ...
La Paloma
10th and 11th March La Paloma This is a seaside resort town. The big holiday time here is January and February. So last month the population was 40,000 and this month 3,500. This makes it a bit like a ghost town. The guys rented a surf board and we ...
Jamming session!!
We arrived in La Paloma in the afternoon and headed to the beach! The town had a really chilled hippy feel about it! We chilled at the beach... catching some rays and then headed back to our hostel. We were staying in a 12 bed dorm and met the people ...
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