Uruguay with Inés: Montevideo
27 septembre 2023, Uruguay ⋅ ☀️ 16 °CMark and I arrived in Montevideo and were picked up by Inés, Tabea's friend from university. We had dinner with her family and the next day she took us to Punta del Este.
Mark and I arrived in Montevideo and were picked up by Inés, Tabea's friend from university. We had dinner with her family and the next day she took us to Punta del Este.
Punta del Este is a beach town - akin to Miami in Florida. Imagine high rises, parties and full beaches in the summer. In spring though it is completely dead. We stayed one night with Inés in PuntaEn savoir plus
Cabo is a very special town- you need to take a dune buggy for 7km to get to the town and it's off the grid. Obviously, there is wifi, running water, etc. - but it's gorgeous and deserted in the offEn savoir plus
Short pit stop in Montevideo before we headed over to Colonia. Breakfast with Inés.
Our final stop in Uruguay was in a small town called Colonia del Sacramento - one of the oldest towns of Uruguay, first founded by Portuguese settlers and then eventually taken over by the Spanish.En savoir plus
Went to visit Ari before heading down to Patagonia. We gate-crashed Cami's (Ari's) daughter's 11th birthday and stayed with Ari. Homemade empanadas from Su, Ari's mum, the first evening, then the nextEn savoir plus
We stayed 4 nights in Bariloche, and had to get money, sunglasses etc. Many errands to run before we headed out for a few day trips and also met up with my housemate from London, Matteo! After havingEn savoir plus
A nice little loop called Llao Llao takes you to Colonia Suiza, a former Swiss colony, aka amusement park (at least that's how Mark and I dubbed it! Not very Swiss in my opinion, and way too manyEn savoir plus
The next day we ventured out to hike up a small mountain. Soooo windy!! But very beautiful!
I can only upload one video per post, so adding one of the next day where I learned the hard way that anEn savoir plus
First day on the road! So many people told us the seven lakes route would be epic - it was beautiful, but similar to the Alps. We went from Villa La Angostura (best pasta pictured in photo) to VillaEn savoir plus