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Travel Blogs from Punta del Este
First attempt in to Mexico
... his things and said that customs would not accept his promise to pay and wanted CASH paid at a local bank, for the damage and for the FINE!!
What FINE??? Yes, there is a fine for "damaging aduana property" even if it unintentional, and there is no leeway, appeals or judges. Pay or they keep your vehicle until you do. How about them apples. Oh yeah, they will take them too.
And we ...
Happy 4th of JULY
... to go through, so we wouldn't have had to gotten up so early. So we stayed here for a few days. Too bad we didin't get to visit when the park was full, we would have had a bigger crowd for Lulu's performance. But, we didin't mind, and neither did they. We still had a great time.But, like all the other parks we have visited, we met some great people and made some new friends. We made our heartbreaking good-byes and began our journey in to foreign ...
Bums, Boobs and Bikinis
... thing that stood out about Punte was their approach to marketing. I was walking along the main street one day and was amazed to see a way of advertising that was even more obtrusive and annoying than telemarketing. If you park your car in Punte, expect to not only find flyers under your wipers, but company bumper stickers stuck to your back windscreen! I’d hate to be the guy that came back to my car and found it looking like the one in the photo shown.
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Texas (in July) was the HOTTEST PLACE on the trip!
... F (21 °C), with
relatively high dew point values resulting in higher relative humidity
values and heat index values from May through September. Heat index
values can consistently reach over 100 °F from May through September.
Average annual precipitation is only 22.96 inches (583 mm). Most
precipitation occurs in the warm season, with the least precipitation
distinctly occurring in the ...
Ahhhh....The Onion Festival
Once again the people never cease to amaze me. Could it be that we've joined this generation. Couldn't be!
The Onion Festival is like a big country fair, crafts, car show, entertainment, rides and ONIONS. The onions are called 1015's because they plant them Oct 15th...like Vedalias but BIG. It was worth the ...