ahhhhh finally summer! Leaving Montevideo yesterdy the city did seem quite a bit more lively so the quiteness must have really been because it was sunday. After 2 hours on the bus I arrived in Punta del Este a big beach resort area.. pretty much where all the Argentines and Brazilians go on holiday.. The hostel is just a 5 min walk from the beach.. perfect. it was a bit windy yesterday but today was a beautiful day.. spend most of it at the beach sun bathing and swimming and then went for a walk along las Ramblas ( the coast line).. it was really beautiful. I am really lucky because the High Season is just about to begin so it is still pretty quiet.. Give it a few more weeks and I think this place will be packed. Punta del Este is really quite touristy but at the moment I don´t mind at all as he hostel is realy quiet, I can relax at the beach and re-charge my batteries a bit noisy Buenos Aires.
An interesting thing in Montevideo was that I saw all these people walking around with these weired things looking like pipes with some green stuff in it... At first I thought what the hell is that? Turns out it is tea.. MaTe. They carry these things around with them together with a Thermo under their arm.. looks quite random at times... I met some really lovely Argentines and a Brazilian Couple in the Montevideo hostel who taught me the basics of Argentinian meats... trust me there are sooooo many different types.. You´d be surprised how many parts there are to a cow... Here in Punta del Este I hung out with a lovely Austrian girl who unfortunately was heading to Argentina today..
Fingers crossed the weather will be good tomorrow so I can enjoy another beach day... I will pretty much spend all thursday travelling back to Buenos Aires...Monday I am off to Brazil and then meet Renato at the airport on tuesday
