L Auberge Punta del Este
Barrio Parque Del Golf Punta del Este, 20100, Uruguay
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Punta del Este - the St Tropez of South America?
Punta del Este, the Latin American version of St. Tropez. Easily accessed from Buenos Aires by ferry and then bus, it takes about 5 hours to get there. The easiest way to get around to see it all was by car so we rented a little VW to run around in. Punta with it's seemingly endless coastline of golden sandy beaches is a beach bunnies dream. There …
On to Uruguay
Easy trip from DC, through Houston (eat a Papadeaux in the international terminal--much better food than the rest of the airport). Thanks to Ambien, slept through the 10 hrs to Buenos Aires. Very easy transfer to the local airport and a 40 minute flight to punta del este, Uruguay. We´re staying at Hotel L'auberge, halfway between Punta and La Barra …
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A long way up
... br> A brief stop in Montevideo and then to the coastal resorts of Piriapolis (old, traditional) and Punto del Este (modern, full of beautiful people). The major diversion here being poeple watching and we were blessed with a fascinating lesson in ...."how slowly can 3 girls on a beach in their bikinis be filmed". Very slowly as it turns out, what with chosing the colour of the sarongs, arranging the accessories, changing said sarongs, discussions ...
Last Day Spent in Heaven . . .
... is between 9:30 AM and Noon.
Today Claudia (the doctor) left. I decided to walk along the beach. Nicolas (the owner) said it would be ok to walk in front of the properties. So I did. I took a few pictures of the neighbours homes. WOW. I wonder who lives in these homes? What do they do for a living? Are they happy?
I walked along the shoreline until I reached one of the beaches. There were hardly any people ...
A quick look at Uruguay, Buenos Aires, then home
... or emails coming through. In the whole 18 days away, we’d had no outside news, apart from news about the Christchurch earthquake on the second last day.
We took some good photos on the flight, being on the right side for the Argentine coast, and the mountains and lake at El Calafate.
We talked to a French woman beside Dianne, having trouble explaining that El Calafate is a prime destination, as it doesn’t look all that ...



