PUNTA DEL ESTE

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With a year-round population of just 10.000 people, Punta del Este is Uruguay's best known beach resort. The city is located on the tip of the Peninsula.
Weather wise, Punta del Este is clearly not a tropical place and the average temperatures are just around 25C in mid summer. Here are caribbean beaches in clear advantage. This however has not being a reason to stop realstate prices from booming, reaching a level very close if not the same as let say Miami Beach.

Punta del Este is regularly visited by strong rain storms lasting 1 or 2 days. This was in fact the reason why the Spanish who founded the city decided to move the Harbour to Montevideo. I was very lucky during my stay and got the opportunity to experience one of this storms :(

The night wasn't any better weather wise and we ended playing pool in the hostel. Talking to Mirim, a Venezuelan girl, about the current situation in her home country gave me the last reasons to remove it from the route this trip will have.

The weather calmed a little on the second day and could walk around without getting wet. For it was not a beach day.

I know some people who really love Punta; in my case I don't feel that much attracted to it, perhaps because of the weather as I was there.