Another short bus ride took us to Punta del Esta, a small, upmarket beach town popular with locals. We stayed near the town for the first night and spent a day exploring the area. On the beach a giant concrete hand rises out of the sand. Its kinda arty but we don't know why its there. The beach was average and there were a few people about. We followed the beach round and watched the surfers for a while. The town consists of one main street of shops. Nothing over...

Being so close to Uruguay, we couldn't resist having a look at the place. We had a major panic in the taxi to the ferry port. I had bought the tickets and knew we had to be there an hour before, but for some reason, I thought the ferry departed at 2.30 instead of 1.40pm. We arrived at the port at 1.25pm and genuinely thought we'd be refused entry due to border control and baggage checks taking time. It even stated on the ticket to arrive an hour before to check i...