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A day at the beach in La Barra
During the 6-hour bus ride from Colonia de Sacramento, I glanced out of the window from time to time as we passed by farmland and the occasional small town. The landscape was flat and totally unchanging – like Belgium on a sunny day. The land looked extremely fertile, with bright green fields and healthy cows grazing. We passed straight through Montevideo, which seemed quiet for a capital city, and on to Punta del Este. ...
Pouring in Piriapolis
... money!!! Then we headed to the coach station, to sort out our transport for the evening. We were told we couldn't buy tickets to Salto here, but it would be easy to do in Montevideo. At least I am learning a few more words now, so explaining things is getting slightly easier. We had a walk around the promenade to the other side and decided to get a quick coffee as we waited for the clouds to move on. It seemed to be clearing and so we hopped on a chair lift, to take us to the ...
Day 2 in Punta del Este
... the museum, because we didn’t want to spend the afternoon in there when the weather was so nice, and we had paid for the scooter. So we looked around the outside for a bit, and then headed back. Before going back to the highway, we drove out onto a point overlooking the ocean that has a circular drive around it. We parked there for a few minutes and took some pictures, and also bought a few small gifts from some people with tables set up there.
Once back in Punta ...
On to Punta del Este
... well-manicured lawns and landscaping. The boulevard all along the ocean front, from one end of Punta del Este to the other, is like that. There is the occasional vacant lot – always with a “Vende” sign - and some new construction here and there.
Juan Carlos tried calling the DHL office in Punta del Este every few minutes on the road, and they never answered. We stopped at a tourist information office as soon as we got into town, and they also ...
A long way up
... floor by an accountant during his 40 years of service.
We also visited the huge dam at Salto with its impressive hydro-electric station. We were glad to have the opportunity to visit the water park next door... a chance to cool off. Lots of fun slides and artificial waterfalls to play in....but strangely filled with warm/hot water! We headed back south to the coast in an effort to cool off... aided by the weather which turned
stormy and ...
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