Uruguay 24-30 November 2007

"Three Uruguayan Bums Hanging Out at the Park"

While in Ecuador for the Fall of 2007 I was blessed to go to Uruguay and visit some of my very good friends from Birmingham. (The wife is from Uruguay)

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Maldonado

We stayed in Madonado near her parents. Here is the main square:

We went to a historical park and museum. I love the great physics in this statue. Honey? Can I bring it home?

Montevideo:

Into Montevideo for Church:

Even here I could find something about Cuba . . .

On the way home we stopped at Punto Ballena (Whale Point). Here is me and my friend's dad at the sunset:

Punta del Este:

The next day we went to Punta del Este (the eastern point) which is the southernmost point in Uruguay. Wait a minute. What did I just say? I guess some explorer had a broken compass that day. Here the sea lions liked to help the fisherman clean up the wharf after cleaning:

To my right is the Atlantic ocean and to my left is the Plata River. Can you see the dotted line separating the two?

Here is the lighthouse from the point an a interesting statue in the sand. I wouldn't want to meet the rest of this guy . . .

Pan de Azucar

One day we went to the hill near the coast: Pan de Azucar (Sweet Bread) to do some hiking. We are going to that giant cross at the top of the hill:

We made it. Now for the view from the cross. Looking up the stairs from the bottom:

The view from the top. The third picture shows the cute town from the next section, Piriopolis:

They will let anyone up here. Looking down from the top:

We made it down alive:

At the base they had a nice zoo with some animals:

Cute little town of Piriopolis:

Here is my friend horsing around with her favorite cousin at her parent's house:

San Carlos

We had a quick visit to San Carlos:

On the way we stopped at the Atlantic Ocean and José Ignacio

This bridge is between Maldonado and La Barra, its like a free roller-coaster!

Some friends of my friends invited us over for some incredible pizza. The girl was a neighbor, but she new good pizza when she tasted it:

Nap time!

Time to leave Uruguay:

I'm ready!

BTW, yerba mate was everywhere! It was the national obsession, and much better than coffee. This vending machine was for hot water. If you want to know more you can visit: http://www.travel-amazing-southamerica.com/yerba-mate.html

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