Terrazas del Diablo
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Punta del Diablo 02. - 04.11.2012
... nglichkeit und seines wenig modernen und mondänen Erscheinungsbildes den kompletten Gegenentwurf zum schicken, etwa 200 km entfernten Punta del Este dar. Punta del Diablo kann man dabei wohl als sogenanntes Aussteigerdorf bezeichnen. Trotzdem ...
Devils and Widows...
... also sampled two other common types of Uruguayan alcohol. The first, media y media, which is part sparkling wine and part white or red wine left us fairly unimpressed. The second, grappamiel, which is made from alcohol and honey received mixed reviews. Dan found it too sweet, but Heidi liked the traditional version. Neither one of us was a fan of the flavored versions. We had perhaps one of our favorite meals so far in the trip - chivitos. Chivitos are ...
Beach walk
... nice there. We decided to continue and again arrive after sunset.
The border to Uruguay was surprisingly fast and relaxed and we could talk again with the people. That is a good feeling.
The next three days we stayed at Punta Diablo in a nice hostel and met interesting travellers, for example Sam travelling 27 years. We waited for better weather and did some extensive beach walks. At the end my bones hurt from sand walking and we decided to move on.
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Am Strand mit viel Regen ...
... ein Riesenplakat, dass da auch ein Geldautomat stehen soll ... Nass war ich ja sowieso schon, also kam´s auf die zwei Extrakilometer auch nicht mehr drauf an und ich habe einen kurzen Abstecher zum Bankomaten gemacht, der tatsachlich was ausgespuckt hat! So hat sich die Regenwanderung also doch gelohnt! Von dort fuhr dann sogar schon bald mal wieder ein Bus nach Punta del Diablo, und ich habe mir eine weitere Stunde durch den Regen erspart.
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Saving turtles...or eating carbs!
... to the turtles here are fishermen and plastic...
Turtles apparently do not differentiate between food types and plastic looks pretty so they eat it...ravens of the sea. This then clogs up their digestion and sadly they dont have senokot!
The second threat is fisherman, here the shore fisherman mostly fish with drift nets and because the green turtles feed on algae close to the shore this is their biggest threat. The leatherbacks get caught on long lines as ...
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