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Glamorous Punta del Este
Leaving the relaxing surf town of Punte del Diablo was not easy but we had to keep making our way down the coast of Uruguay. Our bus trip to Punte del Este had its memorable moments which included traveling with 25 Uruguayian school childeren, having to change buses and stand on a charter bus for an hour due to the bus being sold out of seats. We …
A day at the beach in La Barra
... a relief that Shane and I weren't staying in this big resort town, which had luxury, high-rise apartments all along that shore but seemed to be a ghost town at this time of year. Presumably, the place springs to life in January when all Argentinians and Uruguayans take their summer break.
Ten minutes by bus further east along the coast is La Barra, a sleepy beach resort town. It comprised a few expensive cafes ...
Pouring in Piriapolis
... harbour. Also, we noticed that there were plenty of fish jumping in the water, so it seems that fishing would be great in this town as well. We had a quick lunch and then walked around a bit more, exploring the sights. The weather was definitely limiting us though! I had received an email from my MBA school, that in order to graduate I needed to send them a signed, certified form by 15th October and they didn't care that I was on holiday, so it had to be done. So we went to find ...
Day 2 in Punta del Este
... on the first one, the one he wasn’t sure would be open. It was called El Palenque, and we had a very nice dinner, with only a short walk back to the hotel afterward.
We managed to get photos and a small blog entry uploaded, which you’ve hopefully already seen, before it was midnight. Since we were getting picked up at 7:30 the next morning, we decided that was late enough.
FYI, I’m actually finishing this entry on the plane to Santiago on Monday, May ...
Fantastic Uruguayan beaches!!
... the season - well it´s really autumn here. We enjoy jumping around in the fantastic waves here too!
We are doing a bit of cooking here too. It´s very nice to cook your own food after eating out most of the time since we been away and I´m starting to get bored with restaurant food (well apart from the steaks but you cannot eat steak every day - too expensive and not that good for you either)
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