14.05.-17.05.11 Punta del Este/Punta del Diablo The bus ride from MONTEVIDEO TO PUNTA DEL ESTE took only 2 hours. When I arrived in PUNTA DEL ESTE I was firstly shocked. A quite big beach resort with a lot of high rise buildings, four and five star hotels, posh bars and restaurants and a Yacht harbour with incredible nice and expensive yachts! But later on when I strolled along the main avenue and the harbour I started to like it. Well, I guess the ma...

09.05. - 19.05.11 Montevideo On Monday, 09.05.11 I left the beautiful city of COLONIA in Uruguay at 10am. I was amazed about the thousands of cows and huge farms I saw on the 3 hour bus trip to the capital of MONTEVIDEO. Somehow it reminded me to "Mecklenburg -Vorpommern" en Alemania where my parents live. In Montevideo I was invited to stay with my friend Monica at her beautiful flat in "Pocitos". I met Monica 4 months ago in Ushua...

07.05.-09.05.11 Colonia On Saturday, 07.05.11 I left Carlos (Couchsurfer) house in "Belgrano" (suburb in Buenos Aires) at 8am. I quickly said "Good Bye" to him as he was still asleep. At 9.30am I crossed the massive river "RIO DEL PLATA" by ferry and three hours later I arrived in COLONIA in URUGUAY. The ferry ride was very pleasant and smooth and as usual on my journeys I wrote my travel stories. When I arrived at the H...