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To the beach i say!
At long last we arrived at an honest to goodness beach. All the beaches on this trip so far have been accomnpanied by glacial lakes, not all that appealing for swimming. We got into town rather late so we just cruised town and walked the beach. We found a beaytiful lighthouse and went to go check it out. We talked to the navy guys inside and for a …
Sleepy little beach town
we had got up early in Montevideo 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 not quiet, it was dead!
our hostel seemed well …
CouchSurfing In La Paloma
... and carne. This was actually difficult because most stores observe a siesta in the middle of the day, sometime between 12-4pm. But after much walking we found an open store and proceed to take it easy the rest of the afternoon and in to the evening just drinking Uruguayan cerveza, brands Pilsen or (the house favorite) Patricia both traditional commercial lagers and enjoying carne asado. As many of you know, Uruguay's primary export is beef. Carne is taken very ...
A little bit about travelling...
... the actual thing we're doing the most. The travelling part. It's incredibly tiring. Wipes you out because out here a trip from A to B isn't a simple 1 hour drive to the edge of the Yorkshire Dales from Leeds, or a 4 hour slog to London, or a mega drive to Aberdeen, here the travelling takes days, and these are the short trips! Brazil is bigger than Australia (isn't that a continent!) and Argentina is bigger than India. Silly. Our longest bus so far was the latest ...
See you at the Disco
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... the Spanish bossing them around and taking their cut. From then to 1822 the colony was a disputed area between Spain and Portugal with Brazil having a go also. Then in 1828 it became part of Uruguay. The historic quarter of Colonia still has cobblestone
streets and homes and buildings, it is stunning!
Wednesday was our first day of rain and cold. It was quite warm yesterday which brought in a fantasical lightning and thunder show last night ...
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