Punta del Este Travel Blogs

We drove around Punta del Este and saw two of it's most famous landmarks, La Mano (The Hand or The Drowned - weird name for a sculpture you put on a beach) on Brava Beach and the 'rollecoaster' bridge of La Barra. It does feel like you are riding a roller coaster when you drive fast along that brid…

Maria and I took the Buque Bus to Uruguay.  The Buque Bus is a glamorous boat that travels between Argentina and Uruguay.  Once we arrived in Montevideo, the capitol of Uruguay, we took a 5 hour busride to Punta del Este.  Unfortunately, we were visiting Punta del Este during th…

We slept in until a few minutes before 10am, and then raced downstairs to try out the Hotel Ajax complimentary breakfast buffet.  We were pretty excited, but we soon understood why it's free.  Quite a bit of food - eggs, fruit, cereal, meat, cheese, pastries, juices - but it was…

Clean and fun crowd hostel, wild pubcrawl in Buenos Aires. Then fly to Uruguay for two nights. Driving around the costal road from Montevideo to Punta Del Este, where jetsetters from Argentina and Brazil come in for summer months and party, party, party. Punta del Este is like a glamorous resort with impressive modern high rise hotels and appartment blocks right on the beach front.

This trip started as a day dream. Now it's real but the dream still has to remain. Every now and then reality comes down a little too hard; Roadkill, accidents and bad wheather can wash away the magic at times, leaveing us just a very long road home. Mostly though the beauty and freedom of thi…

My last day.  I'm sad.  I had such a good time here.  And yet regret some things I could have done better / more of.  But I keep telling myself I was lucky to enjoy the time I had here, to do the things I did here, and to meet the people I met here.  I hope I see …

It had to be done. Three hours from a new country, a beach town labeled 'the St. Tropez of South America', and a chance at one last squeeze of summer before a lengthy expedition in Patagonia. It's a tricky balance between 'keeping sight of your goals' and realizing that one goal of traveling …

cruising around sth america for 4-5mths.

Woke up to cold weather and rain today, think our run of good luck with the weather might be over.  We walked around to the Museo Mazzoni, just one block behind our hotel.  This museum is run by the council and is free, and is jam-packed with furniture and bric-a-brac from the past couple…

From Feb to Sep 06 I visited every country except Paraguay and the Guianas (no offence to Paraguayans!). To see an overview, click on the photo to the left then "View Trip Summary". Highlights were Patagonia (Arg, Chile), Cordillera Blanca (Peru) and kitesurfing in Is. Margerita, Venezuela!

Join me catchin trains, planes and automobiles on my year long travels to China, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Boliva and Ecuador. 06/07...08.

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Punta del Este was an unexpected treat. I didn't even know this place existed until my travel companion said that it was "becoming the next Ibiza." I say it lived up to it's potential.It's a small city that sits right next to the Atlantic Ocean. While there are cars aplenty, one needs nothing more …

Left Pasadena, CA

Just a 2 hour bus ride from Montevideo, but it was so nice it deserved its own blog.