Amsterdam Punta del Este

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Arrive at 1.30 pm. Two days and One night.

leave on the afternoon to head to Montevideo before catching the morning flight to Florianopolis,

MONTEVIDEO TO PUNTE DEL ESTE – DRIZZLING AND WARM - 1.11.09

The Hostel Palermo had a beautiful marble staircase, the most posh thing about the place, the rest was very, very basic, and we had to carry all our luggage down the stairs to load up the bikes which were stored at the local undercover carpark.

By 10:30am we were loaded (we would have liked to get away earlier, but the mozzie fiasco left us a bit 'drained') and ...

... driven just over 100 kms to get to the town of Maldando, which again has a large campsite in the area. The tourist office was closed when we arrived, but we managed to get directions to the campsite. Once again it is a huge place, although this time about 2 kms from the beach and about 5 to town.

2nd - Another very quiet and relaxed day.

Pictures are for the house in next entry.

... la Plata at Punta and up the Atlantic coast, Jose Ignacio is an unlikely jet-setter hot-spot. Twenty years ago, the few houses here did not even have electricity. The biggest "attraction" in town was the lighthouse warning of the rocks that guard the beaches. But the residents would have been able to enjoy the quiet beauty and remoteness of this little peninsula.


This remoteness ...

... you´ve travelled your miles and want some quality R&R Before i continue, Punta, as i have discovered, has 2 famous landmarks- this GIANT hand coming out of the sand on the main beach (it is Uruguays answer to Australias ´The Big ....´everything! and Casapueblo, which ill explain later. I´m staying here for 10 nights and the hostel i´m staying in has 180 degree views of the Atlantic and is in the scrub, 400m from the beach! Days about 30 degrees and it has ...

... It was pretty funny actually seeing it, because the stadium went from chaos during the game to chilling out and chatting after the game. It was like someone just turn the 'go crazy and riot' switch off. With Tom and Aug gone and Balci having another couple of days of vacation, Balci decided he wanted to go check out Punta del Este, Uruguay. So we are off tomorrow to Punta del Este. I needed a break from going out, so I stayed in while Balci ...

... Garvo we headed back to the hotel to watch Liverpool V Villa and my fantasy football team having ANOTHER bobbins week(quel surprise - Garvo). It seems most hotels in South America have cable and they all show premier league games on ESPN so the Garlys have been watching more football than we can get on Sky at home - it's no wonder Garvo's team is doing so well(not to mention the fact that he is a tactical genius who often has no internet access for weeks at a time ...

... surf on the beach.... quite rare. The highlights of mine time there were watching the fisherman come in and sort their catch, stalking penguins on the beach (who would've though Uruguay had penguins!), and seeing two of the most spectacular sunsets of my life while cooking salmon on an open fire. Truly peaceful, truly simple, and truly an incredible place to visit. If you ever find yourself in Uruguay I highly suggest boarding a bus and making your way there. Best-

... had been left in charge by the owner Paul. He let us upstairs, but didn't know if he could sell us a room. We left our bags and told him we'd be back later. Off for another walk around the city, and since it was Sunday, that meant a return to the markets for Cierra. She spent over an hour milling through the crowds and looking at crafts and trinkets. Buying very little, she had to extricate herself from negotiations often. "They're very nice" she ...

... nieuwe stempel hebben is het even vergelijken wie de mooiste stempel heeft en waar de stempel deze keer in het paspoort gezet is. Die stempels geven echt een kick.....en de wens naar meer en nog veel meer stempels. Tegen 09.00 uur reden we Montevideo binnen. Daar moesten we buskaarten omwisselen om de bus van 09.15 uur richting Punta del Este te nemen. Onze reisgids geeft over Uruguay niet veel aan. We moeten nu dus zelf gaan uitzoeken wat we in Uruguay gaan doen. Uruguay is ruim 4 ...