Baie des Anges Apart Hotel 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,

... cruise pegs we have on the front of the bikes’ roll bars to give us another position for our feet. The Air Hawk inflatable seats we have, also help prevent botrot over long distances.

We settled in a dive of a Hotel which is usually rented by the hour! Unfortunately Des dropped his motorbike bringing it around the back of the Hotel as the ground was very marshy. He’s OK, no damage done, well, maybe a little bit to his pride.

... 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.

... coffee table is much the fashion in Punta!)

Today, mid-week during the off-season, with neither celebrities nor paparazzi to distract us, we visited a couple of real estate offices to check on the cost of land and houses. We were told that beach-front lots are priced at $80 per square foot - that's $3.5 million U.S. dollars per acre. Obviously, this is not the spot for a low-cost retirement.

... more violent than in Australia, making it impossible to swim there. Other beaches close by are gentler surf beaches and an aires inlet type family beach. Days are simple and consist of lying at the beach, swimming to cool off and blobbing out at the hostel with other backpackers. We have Uruguayan drumming concerts on some nights when this band comes over, but mostly if people want to party they head over in a small group to downtown Punta (i will get there one ...

... night, but the majority are closed. a guy at the resort said there were a couple that were open, but they didn´t start getting full until around 2 or 3, and then people partied until 6 or so. ahh...we´re not that into clubbing. we´re staying at the solanas resort, Thanks Grandad!!!! and since it´s low season, we got upgraded to a better room. this one has a kitchen so we´ve been able to cook our own meals. we´ve gone into ...

... hundreds of boats there and munched down far too much ice cream! All in all it was a great experience and a really nice place. Punta del Esta is a little branch of land coming out from the main land towards the ocean, so at the end it had water on 3 side of the land, had cracking weather here as well to make it a great experience! The drive to Montevideo showed off the lovely coast line, lush green meddows and had a sensational sunset!

... though. I am only paying 10US a night vs in the summer the hostel bed costs 30US. Apparently this place is off the hook and throws a huge party in the summer. Too bad I am six months off, oh well. Really pretty little city. It's a peninsula just jammed with hotels, apartments, some huge houses and restaurants. It seems like it would be a great spot in the summer. People come here for the beach and since its gray, cold, and ...

... The first bus we flagged down wasn't even headed to the airport, despite having the correct number. The next one was, but we didn't have enough coins, so we got kicked off. I went in search of 4 pesos worth of coins from nearby businesses. Nobody was interested in helping me. Begging and pleading didn't help, as a succession of twenty or so heartless liars told me they had no coins. Oh, I see, you run a locotorio, where the price of everything is ...

... dan ook maar heel weinig te doen. Een groot aantal restaurants en winkels zijn niet meer open. Een groot gedeelte is nu nog open maar sluit zodra de Paasdagen voorbij zijn. Wij vinden het niet erg dat er zo weinig mensen zijn. Het is hier nu lekker rustig. We kunnen lekker langs de stranden lopen zonder over zonnebadende mensen te struikelen. Duur blijft het hier wat betreft eten en overig wel. Dure winkels. Mensen in dure kleding. Dan lopen wij er toch enigzins sjabbie bij. Onze ...