Uruguay Beach

several stops in uruguay beginning in the capital city of montevideo and then heading up the coast to some beautiful beach towns

... . And in the evennings, dozens of dirty hippies crawl out from the camp areas and try to sell teir little bracelets, anklets etc. The beach was nice though, and the water very warm. On the second day we rented a surf board from a smaller hostel, and it ...

... place. Unpretentious...very "real"...and just a good locale to chill...Tranquilo it was! Rating = A Punte del Este, Uruguay = beach resort ever-so-typical. Highrises...expensive restaurants...haughty people...and it wasn't even high season yet!!! ...

... to laze away the final days of summer. Take a look.... can you blame them? So, unlike other beach locations to which I have traveled, in Uruguay there are far more local people vacationing and enjoying the restful rays of sunshine that only a beach ...

Sunday, December 20th we headed out of Argentina. We booked a hyrdofoil to cross over to Colonia, Uruguay. One thing we are learning here is to have lots of patience when  doing anything which involves crossing a border. The process to get our ...

... and me as the newbies to the search. The whole place is overflowing with 17 year old hot Argentinian girls (sorry Mike), beach bound and mate sipping along the sea front. Proved a bit of a distraction in Tom's house hunt. We asked every hotel, ...

... et restaurants de luxe, son nightlife et sa «upscale summer population». Il s'agit de l'endroit le plus dispendieux d'Uruguay. En été, les plages sont bondées de gens, surtout des Argentians venant profiter des plages! Mais en novembre, IL ...

... just starting to come to life as we were there. During the summer months we are told that thousands descend upon this small beach community. There are long stretches of nice sandy beaches. The waves are not big enough for surfing, but fine for ...

... the sea front and retire. Tuesday 1st March       Punta del Este –Colonia (Uruguay)- Buenos Aires (Argentina)     Murray heads down to the Buquebus office first thing after breakfast and packing to ...

... uncomfortable. Ha ha! The 10-hour overnight flight finally made it to my next destination. (Thanks again, Steve!) Welcome to Uruguay! The Place: Some eight years ago, I tried to include Uruguay on the itinerary, but impressive Buenos Aires (one ...

... Brazil to visit our friend Bruna, whom we met in Buenos Aires. We took a bus to Chuy, the border town between Brazil and Uruguay. There were some stressful moments an hour before the bus was due to leave from Chuy to Porto Alegre when we realised that we ...

... for sale everywhere, especially for their flasks.... It was interesting to see youngsters playing rugby on the beach.  Had forgotten that it was members of the Uruguay rugby team that were involved in the plane crash in the Andes and who had to ...

... Montevideo for a few days, but as the weather is that nice we are considering heading further East to one of Uruguay´s beach resorts. Apparently Uruguay is something of a hiddem gem - it has world class beach resorts but the only people that ever ...