Hotel Parque Oceanico
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CouchSurfing In La Paloma
... to not only alleviate some of our travel expenses but also to gain a more well rounded experience. La Paloma was our first CouchSurfing experience. Originally, we had contacted Alejandro (mentioned in the previous Montevideo post) to stay with him on his farm outside of Punta del Diablo, a laid back surfer town that sounded interesting. Upon meeting Alejandro in Montevideo, Uruguay he decided it best that we instead stay at his cousin's rented beach house in La ...
Uruguay, the detour
... and braid my weary hair... corstet me up!
The sun is shining in our eyes, I'm trying not to trip on the uneven cobblestone road, and knocking out my daydreams...
COLONIA is a small town on the west of Uruguay, it shares the Rio Del Plata (a river, bigger than the Stockton to Newcastle divide) with Argentina, and on the other side, the Atlantic Ocean covers the south/east providing a beautiful beach stretch all the way to Brazil... Oh brazil... ...
Sun, sea, sand, storms and scorpions
... much to do on the beach except read. We have been picking up books that people leave behind in hostels and so hilariously, Craig is currently reading Bridget Jones Diary! That evening, we made another fire and had another parilla and went to bed thinking all was well. However, in the night, a huge storm hit! It started with us seeing the lightning from quite far off...then the thunder came and got closer and closer until ...
The steak is bigger in Uruguay than Argentina?
... got to the restaurant that seemed to look okay it was empty. By the time we had finished there was a queue to get in and we again had another enormous BBQ feast! However, we are slowly learning to order the smaller portions in all BBQ plates. LOL. In the evening we took the boat back and headed out for a light dinner. We took the subway down to Las violetas. This is a local cake and coffee ...
Carnaval BA then Uruguay .
... is a great city. We were too cheap to pay to get into the zoo, but did end up seeing a few creatures through the fence.
Finally, after lots of sun and walking, we went to the Buquebus terminal and checked in for the ride. Amazingly, people were lined up to CHECK IN for the ferry 30 minutes before it opened. We were starting to wonder if we were missing something, and when we breezed through the checkin after the line had dissapeared, ...
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