Day 21 – Punta del Este
I’m skipping March 1 for now as Mike had no regular photos. There are some Go-Pro videos, but more serious editing is needed, so hopefully will loop back later to get them posted. As for diary of the day; well it was another wonderful lazy beach day at Punta del Diablo with not much more to say!
So on Friday March 2, we had to rise before dawn to catch our bus to Punta del Este. Juan was again overly helpful and picked us up at the cabin for 5:30am as he didn’t trust the taxi driver to show up that early! At least the early bus meant that we arrived in Punta del Este at a good time. We are now better versed at the travel routine and picked up our tickets for our next travel leg when we arrived. So ready to head back to Buenos Aires on Monday. We grabbed a taxi and then headed off for some groceries. This was the first airBnB where the host provided zero orientation, no dish soap, no cork screw, not a single map or tourist info pamphlet… and NO toilet paper!!! It was a bit of a challenge to get the wifi hooked but finally got the info from the door clerk. So after some additional shopping – and more shopping to get matches to light the gas stove, it was time for a nap.
We finally managed to get out to explore Punta del Este after our refresh – such a dramatic change from Punta del Diablo! The tip of Punta del Este is a long narrowish peninsula that is isolated from the rest of Uruguay as a pseudo gated community – primarily the wealthier folks here. Lots of high end apartments, condos and homes all along the water front. There is a lovely boardwalk / walkway that wraps all around the entire horseshoe. We walked around much of it that evening, discovering the Imagen de Nuestra Senora de la Candeleria with the many dedicated plaques, the famous La Mano ‘hand’ sculpture on Brava beach, we checked out the local marina with its many yachts and resident “performing” seal, and finally caught sunset at the beach.
