Gringos on Tour, Uruguay
Kara says: Gringos came to stay, yay! By some miracle of coordination we managed to get Jas from Brisbane and Nath & Ali from London to Uruguay at the appointed date. Then having worn out the partying options in Montevideo after two nights (not so hard to do) we headed for the coast. See photo of Nath, with the first in a series of understated shirts, beside his boat in Punta del Este. Next stop was a little fishing village on the northeast coast - Punta del Diablo. We quickly realised it was not the sort of place where you find a row of taxis waiting at the bus stop (see photo of slightly damp bus stop) so it was a good job Nath and Ali brought their 4-wheel drive cases for the walk to the house - see photo. We had a house with a view of the coast, a balcony, a fireplace, a parilla and a collection of DVDs of questionable standard so were all set for a week of doing nothing. Our busy days consisted of getting up (often pretty tough), walking to town, having lunch somewhere (as we ...