Punta del Este is a seaside city located on a peninsula in southeastern Uruguay. It is a part of the Maldonado Department. The city has a year-round population of around 18,000 inhabitants, but this number grows significantly during the summer months. The city is known internationally as one of South America’s most recognized beach resorts,…
The word Uruguay has always had an exotic, charming, cling to it. This morning I read a thought-provoking novel, El libro de los abrazos, by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano and I thought that it would be time to conclude the blog series about our trip to South America. You can read all the previous posts here >>…
Adiós Buenos Aires y buenos días Punta del Este! In our previous post about South America we left Buenos Aires and headed back to Uruguay. Actually, before going to the famous mecca of all parties, Punta, we did spend a couple of more days in Montevideo. Getting to Montevideo was something of an adventure –…