So despite the donkey vote I was very upset to realise we had to actually get a bus to Uruguay. We arrived, after an overnight bus from Porto Allegre to Chui on the border at 6am and had to wait in the dark for the first bus of the day to Punta del Diablo. Punta del Diablo is a very remote and underdeveloped fishing and surfing village on the coast of Uruguay. We thought we’d left the rain behind us in Brazil but no- it rained solid for the 2 days we were in this beautiful little village which was a shame as the only thing to do is lie on the beach or swim-and the weather was so bad we didn’t want to leave our cute little cabana! Oh well, we ate lots, went for a very windy wet run on the beach and got through a few books!
We then traveled a few hours down the coast to La Paloma in search of some sun. La Paloma is slightly bigger than Diablo but it is another surfing beach town-lovely beaches and very chilled out. And luckily we arrived to sun...and some amazing cheap seafood!
Our next stop in Uruguay was Punta de Este for two nights, a very popular international beach resort. It is here we finally met up with Mr Peter Ford! He flew down for one day and a night to see us-and he brought the sun! What a legend! I’ll let our guest blogger, the man himself, fill you in. Certainly an unforgettable night...I am definitely still recovering.
We arrived in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, yesterday and have enjoyed wondering the streets today and very much looking forward to a meal at a ´parrilla´(steakhouse) tonight- and to quote the Lonely Planet `the steaks here are so large they are almost obscene´. You can imagine Chris´ excitement.
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