Hotel Camelot Punta del Este

www.elviajerobravabeach.com

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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,

... to make a decent fist of it and go a good few kilometers. It was a lovely day for riding, overcast and warm. We passed some fantastic thatched roofed houses and varying quality of homes, mostly simple homes, until we reached Punte del Este which is literally Eastern Point, and is on the coast. Some of the real estate there is magnificent, especially the golf course. There is much high rise and most of the tall apartment complexes are ...

... Uruguay might as well be a part of Argentina, so I expected them to treat credit cards the same way. The Calgary Cuties told me some pretty funny tales of the creepy hostel workers. We get the feeling that the owners are just horny dudes who only opened the place so they could party, and try and hook up with foreign tourist girls. In fact, I don't know if many of them are actually workers, or just friends of the owners who are trying to ...

... the water so they were right by our feet - got some good photos.This afternoon the weather picked up so we topped up the tan on`Bikini Beach`, which apparently is the most popular beach here. We were pretty much the only people on it!Again, as ever, the internet connection here is appalling. When, or should I say `if`, I ever find good internet connection in South America I am going to back-track loads of photos to get them added to the blogs.Bye for now!

... samen met de broertjes uit Amerika die begin mei al een ticket terug hebben vanuit Quito. Amai, ik maakte mij al zorgen dat ik misschien niet op tijd in Quito zou geraken en ik heb 1,5 maand langer dan hen! In Punta del Este zitten we volgens mij in de goedkoopste hostel, voor 14 dollar in een dorm van 6 bedden. Gisteren konden we voor dat geld met 2 slapen, maar ja, we zitten hier dan ook in het St-Tropez van Uruguay! Haha ...

... through beautiful countryside and rolling hills. Lot´s of farms and Tractor places which Lizz´s dad would have loved. Our car doesn´t have AirCon, and the temperature is around 28-30 degrees today. The outskirts of Montevideo looked quite poor, with a few slum type areas. There were also quite a lot of Horse and Carts on the road. These would also be near the centre, collecting things from the rubbish on the road. The main coast road through Montevideo is quite spectacular ...

... with insomnia that night, perhaps the result of too many grease-laden sandwiches, so the next day while sightseeing in the city, we stopped to rest in the very same park. Two guys came along with an open beer, and the local police officers kicked them out. Guess we were lucky nobody interrupted dinner last night. Touring Maldonado's museums turned out to be a bit hard, because most of them weren't where the map promised they'd be. We found the ...

On to the beach. We taxied to the port in BA and took the Buqebus, which is a hydrofoil ferry to Montevideo. This was a pleasant ride which took 3 hours, followed by a connecting luxury bus (2 hrs) to the bus station at Punta del Este. Upon arrival we were met, and transfered by car to the hotel. This was all a package, which we picked up in Buenos Aires. Punta is wonderful, and the hotel was first ...

... a round-trip ticket in and out of Brazil and present that at the office besides paying 1400 Urguayan pesos. The Bus ticket cost twice that much so it´s a safe bet I´ll come back down through Montevideo on my way back. I´d originally planned on entering Argentina again at the Iguazu falls but, they wouldn´t sell me a ticket like that (or accept it I suspect). At least it was ready for me on Friday afternoon before I had to head off the Bus to catch my ride.

... roasting, and covered in brown-red vacationers spilling out of their tiny bathing suits. Most people have turned their chairs straight into the sun, and are already blistering at 12 noon....there was one white couple who had their baby in a full swimsuit (like a little wetsuit). He´ll be the only kid not crying tonight! We only have 2.5 days left. It has gone by too quickly, but we are starting to miss home, family and ...