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South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo January 16th 2010

Finally, in the sweltering heat we got to some beaches. We arrived in this sandy little beach town after a nice 4 hour air conditioned bus ride. Our fatal mistake was to get off at the first stop ("I'm pretty sure there's only one stop", said Greg), which left us with a 20 minute uphill walk with our bags to our hostel in some intense mid day heat. Sarah was pretty pleased with me for that one but managed to survive! Despite our desheveled looks we were warmling welcome by a surprisingly tanned Scottish guy called Dougie. We had our first real party hostel here, and although we were in dorm rooms, we had a little corner to ourslves which was good. We soon learned the art of making very strong "Kaipiriñas" which we drank throughout ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo January 14th 2010

The quaint fishing village our book waxed poetic about turned out to be Cancun. During spring break. Whoa. A little too wild and crazy for us. Plus, totally booked up. Tent sites were going for $10 PER PERSON. We heard that a lawnchair on someones roof went for $10 a night. Yikes. Lucky for us, Uruguayain people are the nicest people in all of South America. After hiking about two miles with all our bags in the heat, the hostel we arrived at offered us water and a seat, then told us they were all full. Not to worry, they made some calls for us and located some guy named Alexandro who sorta kinda had a place for us. And he would pick us up in his car! We were sold, even at $30 for the ... read more
Boat
Our hostel
Relaxing

South America » Uruguay » East December 31st 2009

After saying my goodbyes to Ashley in Rio, I boarded a plane to Montevideo in Uraguay to meet up with Valen, my Canadian friend from Toronto that I met in Mancora, Peru and travelled all the way to Cuzco with. I spent my first day in Montevideo walking around the city. Montevideo is also another beautiful South American city, lots of plazas and beautiful buildings. The next day, Valen arrived, as well as Iona and Heidi, who she had been travelling with. That night, we went out for an amazing steak dinner (seems to be a recurring pattern for me in South America) in the Mercado by the port with Steve and Greg, who we had met at the hostel we were staying at, Hostel Red. The waiter even threw in some local wine for us ... read more
My birthday dinner!
Lunch at Bobo's . .

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo December 25th 2009

Aangekomen in Montevideo na opnieuw een enrom lange rit doorheen een landschap dat ons eerder deed denken aan de Hollandse vlakten.Weilanden, landbouwwerktuigen en koeien is het enige dat we hebben gezien tijdens deze 6u durende rit. Wonen hier ook mensen? 'Nee' is het antwoord. De bevolking van Uruguay telt slechts 3 miljoen mensen en... 12 miljoen koeien! De helft van de bevolking (1,5 miljoen) woont in de hoofdstad Montevideo.Stefanie was onze gastvrouw in Montevideo en heeft ons daar twee dagen onderdak geboden terwijl wij de stad verkenden en zij (stefanie en lotte) de laatste uurtjes volbrachten op de spoedafdeling. Donderdag 24 dec hebben we (na een gemiste bus) aangezet naar Punta del Diablo, een hippie-vissersdorpje waar we kerst zouden vieren. Het kerst-diner nuttigden we in een bar-restaurant op het strand. Het eten was niet echt lekker ... read more
Op weg naar Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este December 22nd 2009

Day 4 I have googled all of the areas in which we will be travelling. One of the recommended site is Isla de Gorritti. At night it is lit up and can easily be seen from the mainland. It appears to be beautiful and covered in palm trees. We have figured out, from multiple sources, how to get to the island. It is a twenty minute boat ride from the marina. The weather was beautiful today. We rode the boat to the island which supposedly held two restaurants and some old ruins. Upon docking on the island, we jumped off the boat and head to land on an old wooden dock. We were greeted by an old cannon set among beautiful swaying palm trees and a sign introducing us to the island. We trekked our way ... read more
Boat ride

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este December 21st 2009

Day 2/3 Since the first day was really two days long, I will consider this our catch-up day. This day we wake up and are ready to go. I have read on the internet about the "Dedos" or "El Mano". AKA "Fingers" or "The Hand". After a quick breakfast at the hotel, we cab it over to the beach to check out this supposedly famous sculpture. Of coure we have forgotten the sunscreen, but we have also forgotten our towels. We strolled along the beach at Playa Brava, named for the riptides and gnarly waves. Eventually we found a seaside restaurant with a patio overlooking the beach but shaded with umbrellas. We are enjoying the beach but cannot sit in the sun so we drink some beers and have some pizza under the umbrellas. We end ... read more
Pizza and beers

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este December 16th 2009

Una escapada de 4 dias... read more
Jose Ignacio II
jaguel
Jose Ignacio III

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo December 3rd 2009

Been a while - couple of weeks since I have found time to sit down at a computer and get my thoughts down. I am now in Sao Paulo Brasil - mega city of Brasil and the major middle class commerce city as well. It may not be by the beach like Rio and the Paulistas may have a workacholic reputation but I think it has its charms. Anyway I´ll rewind a little bit. About 2 weeks ago I left the comfort of my apartment and boyfriend in Montevideo to travel North East to places that I´d heard were great on the Atlantic coast of Uruguay -namely Punta del Diablo. On the way I decided to stop in at La Paloma as the backpackers looked alright. It ended up being pretty boring with only 4 other ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo October 22nd 2009

Uruguay - punta del Diablo rocks! As soon as we stepped off the boat even though i had a raging fever and about four layers on in the high 20s, we felt this country was so chilled out. Richard is so strong these days he has been carrying 2 rucksacks around like a hero as i have been so weak! The roads in this country are amazingly flat with loads of palm trees and cows everyehere. Its mega weird seeing hundreds of cows kicking back in the field amoungst palm trees, very cool. We hired a car as Punta del Diablo is far north east up the coast. It a wee fishing village with dirt roads, little wooden shacks and loose ponies and dogs roaming about. A surf mecca in the summer with dudes hanging about ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo October 4th 2009

Its 3.30 am, we have just been dropped off by the bus, we are standing in the dark, the cold. We stand outside a police station, on the main street, its not a street, its a sand track. Where are we? Where do we go? Will our hostel guy come pick us up in his truck? He does. He arrives in the smallest van you have ever seen. Our bags take up the entire back of the van, we struggle to fit on the row of seats. The man sets off, he speaks no English, the hostel guy gives him directions. The man is clearly drunk, his driving is terrible. It resembles an old person trying to park in tesco car park, 10000 revs and little clutch. We struggle up a sandy hill and finally reach ... read more
The boats that never fish
The lighthouse
My dog




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