Blogs from East, Uruguay, South America - page 10

After getting the complete opposite directions from a guy working at the bus station claiming he can speak so so English, I managed to get a lift from a friendly local to the 1949 hostel - this place rocks! It was basically full of Argentinian holiday makers. We met a couple of Chilean guys, Yerko and Marta who were really cool and basically weith a few others kinda formed a small group, and basically partied every night. First day Yerko and I went to the beach in the nearby town of La barra which was quite pretty. In the evening I endoulged in their speciality, Chivito, which was basicallt a Uruguayian steak burger. We then got smashed on the beach, thanks to my bottle of Absolut then at 4:00am decided to go clubbing! The second day ... read more

Geo: -34.8939, -56.1568Troubles sleeping (again) ... if somehow, I could magically travel all around the world, but somehow sleep every night in my own bed, in my air-conditioned room ... if only ... it didn't help that my pillow smelled kind of funky. I flipped it over and somewhat luckily, it smelled a tad less funky. I think I rolled into bed around 1:00 AM, only to be awoken by fireworks at 1:30. They were so close that it sounded more like the city was getting shelled by mortars! Once I realized that a war hadn't broken loose, I actually quite enjoyed the show - I had a decent view out the window while lying in my bunk. I'm still not liking this hostel, but I'm learning to look at the positives - there were the ... read more

fotos van Uruguay La Paloma. We hebben niet veel fotos omdat we meestal naar het strand zijn geweest! La Paloma, Uruguay- Busily Doing Nothing... read more

I jumped ship from everyone else in La Paloma, and headed up to Punta del Diablo by myself, not really knowing what to expect. I showed up and had to spend the next few hours going from hotel to hotel looking for a room. Every single one was booked full for the next few days, if not weeks or month. Finally, after several hours of searching, I found one where someone had canceled so I was able to spend the night and take a look around the city. It is a ton of cabanas running along the rocky coastline, with many more behind it in a more organized grid. There is a single main street running down to the ocean front, then heading across the back of it, turning more into a pedestrian boardwalk with the ... read more

I know you maybe thinking this is an overload of stories but i am really trying to catch up with myself. Hope you are enjoying them. I do find that the sooner i can write the story to when it happened the funnier i can make it. Funny, i do try. So we made to Punto Del Dialbo which is a very hippy point along the coast of Uruguay. Further south is Punto Del Este and thats where the snobs go supposidly so we stayed clear of any unnatural posing and went for hairy and natural. Which we got and alot more. We stayed in a campsite 2k from the village which was a bit shit cause it is along walk in the hot hot sun. Not complaining! So we walked in to town and it ... read more