Couldn´t leave the Punta del Diablo blog so devoid of details so thought I would put a few more details in about our time in Punta. The hostel we were staying at was run by a young dude from the US called Brian. I had an interesting chat about Uruguay as a nation and economy because I had previously read that Uruguay had free education from pre school to post graduate studies. Through my discussions with Brian I also discovered that Uruguay has free healthcare ...

Punta del Diablo is the first non-metropolis destination that we have visited and if Em and my reaction is any indication we needed it because Punta del Diablo, this little surfer village, has deliver far more gleeful tranquility than one would imagine its meager population could. Punta, as I like to call it, is north of Montevideo on the coast. It is were rolling sand dunes meet a pristine coast line. The streets are red dirt, the ocean is a deep blue and exhil...