PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY
This morning we anchored in the harbour of Punta del Este. Because of the sandbanks in the harbour we were about a 30 min tender ride out from the shore. Due to the longer duration we were using a larger tender (200 passengers) from the city. Our first impression was, this is a very modern city. we decided do our own walking tour for the day. Right a way we noticed the largest fury sea lion having a nap on the boatramp. I quietly took a picture and continued on without waking him up. This City is very much an vacation resort. Lots of condo buildings restaurants, little cafe sand a lot of shopping and sandy beaches. As this part of the City is build on a narrow peninsula, there are beaches on both sides. After walking through the City we ended up by a important monument, 5 fingers sticking up out of the sand. This is to remember all the locals who lost their lifes at sea. The temperature meanwhile had risen steadily through the morning up to 32C deg by now. Time to find a lunch spot. We had some Cold local beer and empanada’s at a small pizzeria. After luch we wandered some more through town and enjoyed the weather. Because the peninsula is exposed on both sides to the ocean, it had become quite breezy. We took the tender back to the ship around 4 pm. It had become so breezy on the back of the ship, that the captain decided to close the deck down for safety reasons. The remainer of the night we did ship things. Overal, I think this is a cool place to hang out for a week if you like beaches.
Cheers
“South America” “Cruising” “Punta del Este”
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