Monteviedo and Punta del Este, Uruguay
It was a spur of the moment decision but it was worth it. I had originally been scheduled to fly out to Ushuaia on the 4th January but decided to change my flight to the 8th and follow the girls up to Uruguay for some beach time instead.
We took a ferry and a bus to Monteviedo, the capital of Uruguay. The town is nothing spectacular in itself. What was spectacular was that we had to sleep in a window-less and fan-less 6 bed dorm in 30C heat and aggressive mosquitoes. Needless to say it was not fun. I ended up sleeping on the sofa in the lounge instead.
We walked around Monteviedo which has some cool old buildings, and a Market/Restaurants where you can eat meat until you collapse (which we did!). Also it was entertaining to see every second person walking down the street with a thermos and a cup of MATE. They love the stuff.
We quickly moved on to Punta Del Este, the supposedly most famous beach resort in South America. To me, it looked a lot like Surfer´s Paradise, Australia. It was nice enough. The beaches were nothing to write home about and the 25 USD per night for a dorm bed was stiff. But we ate lovely ice cream at Freddo (they have dulce de leche ice cream!!!) , had our palms read by Magdalena -see pic below (I will get married once and meet the father of my children in 2008!) and checked out the casino (I lost).
It was also time to say goodbye to the Danes. I have been meeting up with them sporadically since September but this time it was goodbye for good (or until I get back to Europe). Sad moment. But as a final present I thought I should post my favourite picture of them as thank you for the many (many!) moments of laughter we had together. I will miss you!
We took a ferry and a bus to Monteviedo, the capital of Uruguay. The town is nothing spectacular in itself. What was spectacular was that we had to sleep in a window-less and fan-less 6 bed dorm in 30C heat and aggressive mosquitoes. Needless to say it was not fun. I ended up sleeping on the sofa in the lounge instead.
We walked around Monteviedo which has some cool old buildings, and a Market/Restaurants where you can eat meat until you collapse (which we did!). Also it was entertaining to see every second person walking down the street with a thermos and a cup of MATE. They love the stuff.
We quickly moved on to Punta Del Este, the supposedly most famous beach resort in South America. To me, it looked a lot like Surfer´s Paradise, Australia. It was nice enough. The beaches were nothing to write home about and the 25 USD per night for a dorm bed was stiff. But we ate lovely ice cream at Freddo (they have dulce de leche ice cream!!!) , had our palms read by Magdalena -see pic below (I will get married once and meet the father of my children in 2008!) and checked out the casino (I lost).
It was also time to say goodbye to the Danes. I have been meeting up with them sporadically since September but this time it was goodbye for good (or until I get back to Europe). Sad moment. But as a final present I thought I should post my favourite picture of them as thank you for the many (many!) moments of laughter we had together. I will miss you!
Labels: Monteviedo January 2008, Punta Del Este, Uruguay
