Adios Punta Del Estes, Uruguay

“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves. We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate. We travel to bring what little we can, in our ignorance and knowledge, to those parts of the globe whose riches are differently dispersed. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.” ― Pico Iyer

Thanks Barb, for sharing this charmer with me.

Our last day in Punta. We'll spend 2 nights in Buenos Aires, Argentina before our departure to Lima, Peru then to Miami, FL. and finally on to Phoenix, AZ. We've had a nice time in Uruguay. 

We decided to try a new beach to walk on Saturday.
Mary getting that Vitamin D3 on Chihuahua Beach.

We liked the sand dunes at Chihuahua Beach.

How's your Spanish? It says that there's a designated nude beach area ahead.
And yes, we walked a bit towards it and from afar we  saw nudists swimming and
sunbathing. We turned around as we felt we'd be intruding. 

Bob earthing on Chihuahua Beach.

It's a relaxing, peaceful place. Spending a month taking long beach walks, earthing at the Atlantic Ocean's edge, golfing 3x a week for Bob, eating fresh mussels and fresh veggies and breathing fresh-salty ocean air is a great way to enjoy the opportunities retirement affords us. 
The local wine is also delicious. 

Looks like a fun, but difficult sport.

Los Ollas were wild the day we went to La Barra's beach. The windsurfer had
a great time , but found it difficult to get his kite in as this dog wanted to eat it!

The wind kicked the waves into a frothy soup.

Entering La Barra is via this unusual-looking bridge. 

 We love that the world is unique. 

That's a mouthful to say, but it's where hombres and ninos
get their haircut. 

When was the last time you even saw a straight razor at the barbers?
Walter knows what he is doing; no nicks or cuts on Bob's neck.

Although we don't speak Spanish, we have no problems in South America. Our handful of Spanish words gets us where we want to go. We have our iPad and computers to look stuff up and we carry a small Spanish/English dictionary just in case. The locals feel happy that we try to use the language (albeit poorly) and that we know a few important words. Smiles go a long way in a foreign country. A smile is a universal language of its own. 

Adios from Punta. 

This is our last blog until the travel bug hits us again. 

Thanks for reading our blog. 

Cheers and to your good health and well-being,

Maria y Roberto