Uruguay – Punta del Este

Last night we had dinner at a restaurant near our hotel. It was refreshing to see open restaurants after Ciudad Viejo.

Sushi roll below, loaded with sauces

Different roll, loaded with sauces

So this restaurant near our hotel has a heavy “cubiertos” tax of $340 pesos or $8 USD. We got two slices of bread when we sat dowb.

This morning we are off to Punta del Este. Our first stop was an old whale perch to watch whales now removed and replaced with the whale tail.

During the September and October, mother whales being their young here to train them how to hunt.

Interesting pier.

There are sea lions in the bay by the fish market hoping for scraps or generous fishermen.

Fish market below.

Sucker sea likn thought this guy had fish.

We ate lunch at the restaurant below, had the dreaded “cubiertos” tax.

After lunch, we stopped at this interesting intersection where if you stand at the center you can see four different bodies of water in the distance: atlantic ocean, bahia de maldonado, rio de la plata, canal de lobos.

The Punta de las Salinas is the southernmost point in Uruguay and a WWWII naval battle happened in the area.

The Hand.

The bridge below is known as Puente Leonel Veira and is famous for the wavy design. We drove over it in both directions and felt like a roller coaster.

Our last stop was casapuebla which is an amazing house on top of mountain with a view of the sun set. The house features many different works of art.

Two hour drive back to Montevideo….