Chris and Kyla hit the road
Trip Start
Feb 23, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 04, 2008
Punta del diablo,
Uruguay
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
We took off in our little silver Fiat with no radio and drove to Punta Del Este. In the summer it is a posh, beach party scene where all the cool people go. Think of the Hamptons. We were there during their winter, when it is cold and pretty much nothing was going on.
Next we drove to Punta Del Diablo. We read on line about a hostel there owned by peeps from Wisco, so we had to check it out. Punta Del Diablo was at one time a sleepy fisherman village
the shore at Punta del Este
. Now it is a hippy beach town. During the summer it is full of chill tourists, groups of mate drinkers on the beach, and drum circles. In the winter it is just a few tourists walking around the town. The beach looks really nice and I wanted it to be warm so I could lay out and go swim. But it was a cool place to check out anyway. The hostel, El Diablo Tranquillo, is a really nice building that stands out in the town. The private rooms have balconies and fireplaces. I think it was a great place to stay when it was not crowded. I canīt imagine it with 35 people staying there, like the owner says, during the summer. I actually canīt imagine the town with 20,000 people a day in the summer either. Where do they all go??On the way back to Montevideo we got stuck in school traffic at 1pm for the kids going home for siesta. The traffic was moving sooo slow through the school zones. We thought we were going to for sure miss our bus to Colonia to and in turn miss the ferry back to Buenos Aires. But even after some confusion on where to return the car, we made it to the bus with no time to spare. We took off the second we got on! Sorry to the car rental place if we were a bit short with them. I love the chill attitude, but it is hard to be chill when you are in a rush!
