Today we took the bus to the "Sunshine Coast" of Uruguay, around two hours away. We were told on the walking tour yesterday that Uruguay was mainly empty, we witnessed that today, we mainly saw just countryside and cows!
Punta del Este (PdE) is like another world compared with Montevideo, gone are the rough footpaths with holes and broken tiles and streets full of old buildings, and hello to modern high rise apartment blocks, clean streets, manicured lawns and gardens, and immaculate footpaths. It's a popular holiday destination for Argentinians and Brazilians, so we encountered very few English speakers in town.
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| Swim between the fingers? |
The hotel was in a great location near the centre of the main town, and the friendly staff gave us some good info on what to see and do. The weather was perfect, so we ended up walking all the way around the point via the promenade, passing some decent beaches, some interesting sculptures, and getting splashed along the way. The location of PdE is interesting - even though it looks it's surrounded by ocean, the western side is still considered as being on the Rio de la Plata, and the eastern side on the Atlantic.
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| The original fishnet stockings |
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