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Buried Neck Down in Piriapolis All in fun
Piriapolis is a small Uruguayan town an hour bus ride from Punta Del Este. A one way ticket on the bus lines COT, or COPSA, runs ten dollars. This is one of those side trips that gives a bigger vision of the country.The beaches at Punta Del Este are well...
“The Hand” Beach sculpture
Right across from the bus terminal in Punta Del Este at Parada 1, Bravo Beach, is " The Hand." It is difficult not to see the outside beach sculpture if you are anywhere near it. The" Hand" is only the tips of three fingers and a thumb rising out of the...
Mermaids Goddesses and old men
I haven't been to Greek islands but they must be similar to this place. Following the Rambla past the port, past expensive homes, you reach the end of the Punta Del Este peninsula. At the end is a parking lot with exercise equipment, two mermaids, a...
Walking the Plank Walking the plank
The Rambla is a good place to walk. On this morning's jaunt, I come across a table and chairs out in the surf. The narrow path out to a concrete table and concrete chairs, in the midst of waves, turns into temptation. Making sure my Passport...
Car Accident on the Rambla/Montevideo Everyone was okay
There are car wrecks every minute, somewhere in the world. This is the first one that almost hits me. Taking a walk down the Rambla, this accident happens on the roadway at a spot I just passed. I hear braking,turn, and watch a white delivery van moving...
Colonia Del Sacramento Cars Lots of antiques
The first two or three antique cars I see here seem like anomalies. After four or five, though, I wonder if this place attracts people who love old cars, or just turns them that way? Walking around stone paved streets of this old city, one sees old cars...
Pencil Museo/Ruta 1 You thought they were just to write with
The first stop on our day trip is a farm and museum off Route 1 that takes you from Montevideo to Colonia Del Sacramento through some of the best vineyards and cattle country in Uruguay. The Museo and farm are the creation of Emilio Arenas who not only...
Weddings With No Bells They just keep coming out
On Sarandi Street are groups of people, dressed to the nines, standing in my way as I pass on a sidewalk past a woman's fashion store, Happy couples exit a bland doorway, into the sunlight. They are jubilant. When more smiling couples come out and take...
Dog Whisperer/ Late Afternoon Leader of the pack
Surrounded by dogs, all on leashes, this long hair consults his map. It isn't certain whether this group is going on a field trip, going to relieve themselves, headed for a romp on the beach, or just following their leader, who holds their...
Police Report Next Door shoplifting in the next door boutique
It is mentioned in guide books that there is petty crime in Montevideo. The young woman in a next door boutique, who speaks English and tells me about Montevideo when I have my expresso, is standing and talking to motorcycle cops as I come out my...
Pocitos Open Air Market / Horses Horses are still getting us where we need to go
At an open air feria in Pocitos,Uruguay there are plenty of people out shopping this morning but only a few horses. While I wait for my empanada from a street vendor, a lady spoils a horse that has been halted near me till an intersection clears of...
Statue comes alive/Constitution Plaza Street art in human form
Walking towards Constitution Plaza from Independence Plaza, there are bronze Generals on horseback every block, as well as little plaza's and parks. There is something sad about memorializing heroes in bronze and then placing them outside where pigeons...
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