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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
... cafe, printed out the form, I then had a very bad photo taken and the joy of joys - was having to find someone certify it all! It's bad enough going around asking people to certify things in Australia, but when you can't even explain what you want and what it's for, it gets tricky. We tried a pharmacy first, the ladies understood, but said that they weren't authorised to do it. Then we headed to the police station, where in broken Spanish I explained what I ...
Day 2 in Punta del Este
... watching people walk along the beach, along with their dogs, and just relaxed for a while.
From there, we headed back west, toward Montevideo. A few kilometers back that direction there is a place called the Casapueblo, which is a huge white house on the side of a cliff overlooking the ocean, among many other vacation homes. Casapueblo was built by a famous Uruguayan artist, who still lives there, as well as a museum and, in the peak season, a restaurant. We decided not to ...
Back to the beach!
... for a 10 bed dorm and it was **** as the night life in Punta del Este doesn’t start till about 3am which is fine if you’re going out but Junior was feeling quite sick by now and just wanted to sleep. Everyone in the dorm went to bed when we did but then they woke up at 2am and started getting ready for the night, so they’d turn on the light and talk between themselves like its 9pm. So we had 3 ****** night sleeps. The next morning Junior ...
Touring Around Punta del Este
... us more food than you could ever imagine for breakfast.
The owner previously indicated to me that the usual cook had to leave for a family emergency. This is unfortunate as apparently she knows how to cook gluten free bread. But, no worries for me as I have been without bread for 2 months already. I am not missing it.
First came coffee, followed by ham and cheese, followed by fresh fruit followed by scrambled eggs, bacon and fresh ...
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