Punta del Diablo ... or The Devil's Point... is a tiny fishing village in eastern Uruguay that might have about 50 year-round residents. But the place is famous among South Americans as a low-key beach resort. During the month of January, ten thousand vacationers from Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, will be wandering around town and pacing the beach in flip-flops 'til their hearts content. What will they do here exactly? Probably exactly what I did... not too muc...

Now this is more like it....a town with some action! But ouch! You pay for it. Punta del Este is a famous beach resort town that South Americans flock to by the thousands during their summer vacation... which starts in like two weeks. The beach here is nice and the place has a cool vibe. I'd like to be here for the high season to see what it's like but prices for everything will skyrocket. But it was cool to get some nice beach weather and some time relaxing in t...

After five weeks "on the job" at the hostel in Montevideo, I finally moved out with the intent to visit parts of this unknown, little explored country. What I learned is that there are reasons it is seldom visited and barely explored. There's not much to see or do. In fact, probably the only place more famous for being less famous is Paraguay... practically no one goes there. I discovered some small little towns that I suppose would be pleasant and peaeful to liv...

"Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'" Quote from Morgan Freeman's character, Red, in The Shawshank Redemption. Great movie! And that's about what it's come to here in Montevideo. After a brief injection of life from a fun group of backpackers that came through a week or so ago, it got really slow again...almost dead. And if I want to see other parts of Uruguay, I have to get moving. So I'm going to "get busy livin'". This pretty much wraps up my 5 week stint in M...

Thanksgiving? How did that arrive so fast? I needed to read a post on a friend's web sight to even realize today is the day. They don't exactly have that down here and today was like any other. For the record, however, I ate chicken milanesa and mashed potatoes for dinner. I should have gone to the Subway restaurant I recently discovered and had a turkey sandwich. But the inherent danger with that is in true Thanksgiving tradition, I would have fallen immediately...