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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
... harbour. Also, we noticed that there were plenty of fish jumping in the water, so it seems that fishing would be great in this town as well. We had a quick lunch and then walked around a bit more, exploring the sights. The weather was definitely limiting us though! I had received an email from my MBA school, that in order to graduate I needed to send them a signed, certified form by 15th October and they didn't care that I was on holiday, so it had to be done. So we went to find ...
Day 2 in Punta del Este
... Barra was a bit more subdued than Punta del Este. There are no fancy high-rises there, only small hotels, and many private residences. The latter seem to be mostly vacation retreats, and were shuttered for the off season, as were most of the places in Punta del Este. Juan Carlos had told us that, in the off season, the population of Punta del Este is only ~10,000 people, but in the peak season, January and February, it swells to over 500,000, and gets very crowded.
We ...
On to Punta del Este
... in the workshop for about an hour, and then sat down and had a drink. (The workshop was in the hotel bar.) I moved to a chair at a table that was empty except for some things set on it; purses and such. After a few minutes, another couple came over and sat down at the same table. The woman got up and left for a few minutes, and the man asked me where I was from, and we struck up a conversation. His name was Adolfo, and he is from Santiago Chile, where we’ll be ...
Punta del Este
Hallo Zusammen, wir sind wieder in der Zivilisation angekommen! So fühlt es sich jedenfalls an! Heute Morgen sind wir von La Pedrera aus nach Montevideo gefahren und somit wieder in einer größeren Stadt angekommen.
Aber der Reihe nach:
Nach unserer Abfahrt aus Colonia sind wir an den Strand gefahren. Zuerst ging es in den Ort Punta del Este, wo sich im Sommer ...