Solanas Vacation Club Punta del Este

www.elviajerobravabeach.com<br><br>http ://www.hostelworld.com/availability.php /El-Viajero-Brava-Beach-Hostel--Suites/ Punta-del-Este/36900<br><br>Arrive at 1.30 pm. Two days and One night.<br><br>leave on the afternoon to head to Montevideo before catching the morning flight to Florianopolis,<br>

MONTEVIDEO TO PUNTE DEL ESTE &#8211; DRIZZLING AND WARM - 1.11.09<br><br>The Hostel Palermo had a beautiful marble staircase, the most posh thing about the place, the rest was very, very basic, and we had to carry all our luggage down the stairs to load up the bikes which were stored at the local undercover carpark. <br><br>By 10:30am we were loaded (we would have liked to get away earlier, but the mozzie fiasco left us a bit 'drained') and ...

... by mortars! Once I realized that a war hadn't broken loose, I actually quite enjoyed the show - I had a decent view out the window while lying in my bunk. I'm still not liking this hostel, but I'm learning to look at the positives - there were the Chilenas hanging around outside last night, the Calgary Cuties, and there were another two hotties sleeping in the bunk below me. Things aren't so bad here, after all! Off in search of food ...

Spent the day yesterday in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, seeing the sights. For a city of 1 million people the centre is actually quite small and easy to walk around, so we ended up doing the lot on foot.In the morning we headed right to the centre of the old town where there is a memorial square - on the top of the square is the usual grass, paths, trees, park benches etc; but in the middle of the square there is a stair case that takes you down into ...

... de la cama en la espalda por ser el colchon, perdon la colchoneta, tannn chota??? Bueno asi fueron las noches siguientes! UNA PENA! era lo unico que le faltaba para ser el dpto perfecto. Por suerte habia una alternativa, un sofa cama q lo termine desarmando para dormir un par de noches en el piso un par de hs para alternar los dolores de espalda jijijij Otra cosas q me parecio curiosa ...

... but Punta del Este itself was surprisingly expensive. Meals were comparable in price to what we might pay at home (whereas eslewhere in Uruguay and Argie it's about a third) and the quality was average to subaverage. Beers were still relatively inexpensive in most places except the clubs where drinks were stupid. A vodka and 'speed'--redbull-like stuff--was close to 10 bucks! And ...

... We went for a quick walk to find supper and got an appetizer at a hot dog cart, a cheapo footlong in a regular sized bun. Then we went to a local pizzeria and tried the faina, a chickpea-based pizza that Magdalena had raved about. We thought it tasted like chickpeas, and Cierra let me finish most of it, which I did reluctantly. The next morning we had a grocery store breakfast and then headed for the beach. Cierra hadn't slept well, so once we'd ...

We arrived in Uruguay via ferry from Buenos Aires and headed east along the country to Punta Del Este which is renowned for it's chic beaches and elegance. It's one of South America's most glamorous resorts and famous for being the stylish haunt of the rich and trendy Uruguyans and Argentinians who flock ...

... downtown and started to explore the "Ciudad Vieja" area on foot, stopping in at the Mausoleo Artigas in Plaza Independencia. Artigas is the country's greatest hero and there's an underground Mausoleum that you can go down into and see a massive urn with his ashes inside and a couple honor guards standing watch in the silence. Can't say I'd like to have their jobs. Standing at attention all day getting photographed by tourists and listening to their comments ...

... months backpacking trip around Latin Am**ica a few years ago, and he won something like US $10.000 on one of his casino visits in Punta del Este. Neith** my broth** and I would mind a similar exp**ience, so since we only stayed during mid-week and outside the high season, we spent about as much time at the casino as at the beach. I think the casino got back about the same as my friend "stole" from them a few years ago...