http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Uruguay , East , Punta del Este en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:57:39 BST Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:57:39 BST Second day in Uruguay today we visited famous Punta del Este at the ocean shore. A 230 hour bus ride took us to Uruguays most famous beach resort. Fortunately the weather was close to perfect as there were no clouds at all we were able to spend a beautiul sunny day at the sea. Unlike during the south american winter Punta was not very busy. Despite the nice weather we pretty much had the wh http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-309514.html Hola todoas Here I am in San Carlos the birth place of my mother. Diego and I were here for 4 days. It was great seeing your average Uruguayan town. I saw lots of family I mean lots I never knew I had so many cousins haha. We arrived to once again my favorite meal milanesas cause my tia celeste knows and makes the best. It was so delicious I was happy. WE spent the next day seeing a http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-281956.html We dont know how the idea of a road trip got in our head but after checking out the cost of hiring a car in Uruguay 57 a day but you get th 22 VAT back we decided to spend a few days driving along the Uruguayan coast. It's all very well renting a car but which way are we goingBy complete luck although Adam claims that it was his planning we had a bit of a heat wave whilst we were o http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-280532.html I guess some of you may have been wondering where i've been the last few weeks and why my blogs suddenly stopped well it was nothing to do with getting kidnapped turns out Justin Timberlake felt threatened when he saw me and so bought my silence in a vain attempt to stop me from reaching my public.....good luck trying to silence me Getting serious for just a moment as a lot of you are probabl http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-263993.html Greetings faithful readers I am full of cocktails paid for by Daddy and therefore thought it a fabulous idea to blogWe are currently in Punta del Este in Uruguay it is a fairly standard beach town were here in Autumn so the town is practically dead I keep expecting to see zombies there are so few people However the hotel we are staying at is far from standard its gorgeous. It has a spa ce http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-262136.html After a month in a lended apartment in this two month beach we know that the season ended after February. In fact the high season is from December 26 to January 31 a middle season is the three first weeks in February later you can say you are in low season until end of March or perhaps April. Nevertheless we found that if you want good weather a little cols for the sea and nice promenades http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-261065.html UruguayhellipI made a quick stop in Colonia and Punta del Este Uruguay but the weather was not cooperating Colonia is a quaint little town. It was beautifully situated on the coast. After the agent called 7 places he found me a place to sleep at a little bed and breakfast type place called Posada de Angel. There were angels everywhere figurines paintings etc. I don't think this was http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-256459.html Hi beach life is seriously draining I can tell you Sleeping lots and finding it far too difficult to motivate myself to keep the blog up.... Anyway quickly had great time in Ecuador then took overnight bus back to Lima this turned into the worse journey yet in South America.... 30 hours on a warm bus with dodgy air conditioning three sreaming infants a family of about 20 from hell swapping http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-255149.html Meikahan kirjottelee tanne nakojaan joka paiva jotain mutta tanaan oli kiistatta aika pitka paiva joten samahan se on jotain tarinoida. Aamulla siina kahdeksan aikaan herasin auringon lampoon teltasta ruta1 valtatien varresta Colonia del Sacramenton rajalta. Eilinen matka siihen maantien penkallekin oli pitka ja hikinen. Coloniassa meni pitka tovi sita loputonta hiekkarantaa ihastellessa ja ymp http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-254115.html Well Im really only writing this because I havent done one for ages. It seems Ive gotten pretty bad at this. Ah well.So I finished my Spanish classes. I think Im speaking reasonably well again now so it acheived its purpose. Im not sure I learnt much new but Im not sure I expected to. The school and classes were OK especially for the absurdly low price but not nearly as sociable http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-242767.html In Punta del Este. An afternoon thunderstorm has dropped rain and the ubiquitous humidity onto this cluster of high rise hotels condos and bling bling lining the sandy shores of Uruguayrsquos southeastern most point. Irsquom in an open air bar drinking piss beer and watching drips fall off of gaudy blue beach umbrellas onto vacant tables as people scuttle by on foot bike motorcycle. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-242232.html Through all my travels I have never found a place I love quite as much as Punta del Este Uruguay. A city by the sea it boasts a combination of luxury and simplicity of beautiful exclusive resorts full of delightfully pleasant guests and employees alike. Perhaps it's that South American charm that gives Punta del Este its appeal... but that's not quite it either. Let me give you an idea of wha http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-240199.html An extra day in Uruguay due to travel connections gave us time to get to the legendary Punta Del Este playgound of rich porteos. Straight off the bus we dropped off bags at the first hostel we saw and were on the beach in half an hour...Obviously the wrong beach It was beautiful though and it was only in the afternoon that we stumbled across a busier beach. Punta is a peninsula with beaches http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-235616.html Well unfortunately my camera broke....I went to see Armin Van Buuren play and there was SO MANY PEOPLE....danced all night and Ive never sweat so badly...my clothes were drenched my camera was in my pocket.....and now it broke from sweat....I thought perhaps if I spray deoderant on it it might revive....but to no avail. So unfortunately there will be no pictures until I sort that situation out. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-233684.html please note we are having to post the blogs we wrote earlier now that we have a solid internet connectionDecember 23 2007Random thoughts so farhellipThe trend so far in our experience El Calafate Argentina and Punta del Este Uruguay is that everyone eats dinner very late we went to dinner at 9pm and no one was at the restaurant. By 10pm families with kids arrived as well as other to http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-232377.html chegamos ao uruguay punta del este. as vezes parece marbella uma estancia balnear outras a a foz do porto so que menos charmosa. os argentinos e os brasileiros vem todos para aqui passar o natal e o ano novo e jogar nos casinos no brazil estao proibidos.mto mar. e leoes marinhos na marina http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-230071.html We took a quick jaunt to Uruguay to see what some call the Miami of South America. The south beaches that we saw are cool and breezy the mall is the place to be and the people are addicted to matte. There was actually nothing gay about it if you dont count the guy crooning in fishnets and heels on the streets of Montevideo so we finally stopped the silliness and pronounced the countrys nam http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-228278.html Punta del Este is the place where all the rich and famous of Argentina and Uruguay come to party though only in January. The season was slowly starting in December but it was still a fairly quiet which was perfect for relaxing on the beach for a couple of days.. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-225115.html This is the fabulous Punta del Este. We have been going every weekend since summer started. These pictures are from the Manza side of Punta. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-218854.html So I skipped a couple of days due to travel business lack of internet. But Irsquom back And wow am I impressed.This is my first time to Uruguay and I am ready to move here for good. The people are incredibly friendly the food is delicious the weather is perfect and it is simply beautiful. Oh and to top it all off It is SUPER cheap.But to backtrack a littlehellip on the 16th in http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-212374.html After all the partying and travelling in Buenos Aires and Iguazu we decided to go to Uruguay to relax by the beach for a few days..I enjoyed the beach there but if you didnt have much time in South America it wouldnt be top of my list of countries to visit.. We just visited Montevideo for the day before going back to Buenos Aires by bus followed by an hour long ferry trip. Despues de todas l http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-151647.html Looking around Punta del Este on my first day in town could almost warrant the adjective 'eerie' as it was absolutely dead Apparently the permanent population of the town is about 9000 but during the summer holidays it heaves with over half a million vacationers many of them rich and famous I'm told. Clearly they had packed up and shipped out. At least 80 no exaggeration of the shops bars http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-150073.html Die Woche in Uruguay genauer gesagt Manatiales war wunderbar. Die Schwester meines Bruders und ihr Mann haben mich von hinten bis vorne verwoehnt. Was fuer ein Luxus ein Einzelzimmer eigenes Bad Blick aufs Meer. Bin so herzlich aufgenommen worden dass ich gar nicht mehr gehen wollte Ich war Windsurfen mein erstes Mal und dank des Lehrers war ich sogar gar nich mal so schlecht... Ja daran http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-149785.html The bus trip to the resort peninsula Punta del Este took about 1 12 hours and we ventured through 3 Uruguayan Departments provinces they have 19 in total. It is located in the Moldonano Department and was formerly a fishing village but is now an exclusive resort area. It is located about where the River Plate which separates Buenos Aires from Uruguay meets the Atlantic Ocean. Unfortunately http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-140713.html Sorry everyone about how long it has been since I have updated this thing I have been really busy. I feel like I am really comfortable here and it is finally feeling like home. I know my way around the city really well and have found all of my little cafes and places that I like to go to I still love my family and feel really lucky to be here. I cannot believe that is almost March Time is f http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-133460.html I have now arrived in the third country on my trip UruguayI decided to head back down south to this tiny little country nestled between Argentina and Brazil as it is renowned for having the best party scene in South America they call it the St Tropez of the southHaving had a relaxing few weeks in Brazil I am ready to party againAfter a 23 hour bus trip from Curitiba surprisingly comforta http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-126063.html In punte del este. a notorious vacation destination for all buenos aires people. we are spending their holiday with them. argentinians always take their holiday in january and february. the beaches here are amazing. plenty of sun and relaxing. the hostel we are stating at is a surfer type atmosphere. we have been hanging out with the guys from your room. they are all students back in buenos aires. http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-120758.html we went on a little trip from b.a to uraguay for 5 days. Now the 3 hours boat trip for us skivvys that are tight and got the slow cargo boat turned into a 6 hour trip and whilst having a nap on the deck also meant getting freak sun burn on one side. Went straight to the capital montevideo for the 1st night so more traveling on a bus but got a really good steak there so everyone was happy. We met u http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-119139.html Hola folksHope everyone is doing well and had a happy New Years. All is well with me and the rest of my soulsearching traveling companions. Its been a few days since my last update so I'll try to recount to the best of my memory. We spent New Years in Buenos Aires which was hands down some of the most insane hours of the trip. We left our hostel around 11 in search of dinner only to have http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Uruguay/East/Punta-del-Este/blog-117552.html