Mother Nature Saddles Up
Uruguay is Green Bus ride to Salto
If I were a cow, the only place I would want to live would be Uruguay. Much like Arabs love their desert and sailors love their ocean, cows have to love this country. Those of us going to Salto on Monday, and there aren't many of us, board the bus at...
Punta Ballena/Uruguay As nice as it gets if you have money
Punta Ballena is ten to fifteen miles outside of Punta Del Este. The bus lets you off by a worn out spot on the highway's shoulder and the driver points you across the highway towards an uphill winding road overlooking the ocean. This is my...
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...
Beach town before the tourist waves hit
Punta Del Este, moving into its tourist season, is a movie set waiting for a movie crew. It is hard to find fault with beach towns full of light, openness, a relaxed attitude and water in every direction, at the end of every street. This morning a few...
Pocitos-Frisbee Walking the Rambla
The Rambla is a paved course way that runs from Ciudad Vieja to Pocitos and beyond. It runs along the sea where humans go to walk and talk, show themselves off to the world, build sand castles on the beach. There are animals, bike riders,...
Fishing in the Rio Plata Catfish time
One evening, as the sun is falling, it makes sense to stroll down to the water's edge, follow a concrete pier that juts into the water like the end of a fishing pole left discarded by a disgruntled fisherman. The pier is edged with giant stones and this...
Fruits and Vegetables/ Ciudad Vieja Produce right off the boat
When you are looking for produce in the Port area you are not near the grand shopping palaces you visit in the United States. Groceries in the U.S. display well groomed produce as you walk down waxed shiny floors,choose fruit and vegetables from clean...
Rain Day in Montevideo Climate always changes, so do we
"We were in the eighties last week," Jesper tells me, pouring us a Monday afternoon cup of coffee at his desk in a Ciudad Vieja office close to the Port. He talks about the old city versus the new city, how he and his wife are now moving into...
Tan Lines putting your best body forward
There is much concern in this country about skin damage. There is, on this beach, a lot of skin that will be damaged and this is a perfect poster for a Dermatology convention in Miami Beach. Two big bodies are prone on the sand, turning their backs to...
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