Punta del Diablo

After our long journey with a short stopover in Montevideo, we arrived at our little bungalow in the sleepy village of Punta del Diablo. The bungalow offered everything we needed for our little beach holidays: a fully equipped kitchen, a little balcony with chairs and a hammock, ocean views and a beach in walking distance 🥰 Not to mention the pack of dogs who frequently visited and joined us on said balcony (and many walks we took) ❤️
Even though the sky was as blue as its gets and you could feel the sun hitting hard, it was definitely too cold for Alina to go swimming (but not for Gilles, of course) - nasty icy winds definitely required us to cover up most of the times 🥶. But we were still able to refresh our tans which was the main reason we’re here, no?! 😉
As it was still low season, there was not much going on and many restaurants were closed, but we were not too disappointed about it regarding the price-quality ratio we’ve experienced in Uruguay so far. Additionally, this allowed us to further prepare for our life back in Swizzy by cooking our own meals again - a thing we really missed and highly enjoyed, including the cleaning up afterwards! Who would have thought travelling long-term makes you miss cleaning?! 😂 We really enjoyed the quiet days at the beaches and at our bungalow, but there was a big BUT: mosquitos. As quiet and absent as these little bastards were during the day as active and numerous did they become around 2 am (with astonishing punctuality, btw) and without a mosquito net we were helplessly at their mercy 😢 Thus, while they probably had the time of their very short lifes, we had the most unrelaxing and sleepless nights of our whole trip so far 🥲 On the plus side of it, thanks to these little shits we saw the beautiful sunrise over the ocean more than once during our stay and we were now very much looking forward to our (very last! 😭) 6.5 hour bus-and-ferry journey back to Buenos Aires because we knew we could finally get some sleep then 😂
Despite the mosquitos we would still recommend Punta del Diablo as the beaches are beautiful and the little village vibe is very relaxing (during low season at least) - just make sure you have a mosquito net 😂Read more