Relaxing days in Uruguay.

Hey lads! We are still in Uruguay with a nice tan and full of energy after 9 days hanging around Punta del Diablo, a small fishing village with decent beaches and not really crowded with hordes of tourists. We were desperate to get to the beach and relax, and charge the batteries on before facing the last month of our trip down in Patagonia.
Our days in Uruguay could not start better as we paid a visit to Arturo, Estela, Eduardo and Beatriz. We met them in the Inca trail in Peru and went to their home town; Dolores. It is a no-no touristy place, inland Uruguay and shared a Sunday with them that ended up with a massive Uruguayan asado, like a barbecue. Ufff, we can not remember eating so much meat during a single meal! And the quality of it was superb! Cooking the meat it is like a ritual for them, the target: reach the perfection! Amazing!
From Dolores we moved on to Montevideo, the country capital which we skipped to keep busing north up to the beach.
We got to Punta del Diablo, a small village with less than 1000 inhabitants and not really packed as the high season kicks off in two weeks time. Luckily we found a super-cool hostel with an owner that lives up to it, Alex! And we had it all for the two of us! So lads, we had all what we were looking for, a nice place with kitchen facilities, beaches around and a quiet atmosphere with the extra perk of Alex, with whom we had loads of conversations. The days went by so easily, sleeping 10 hours a day, lying by the beach, relaxing at the hostel's garden, playing with Maru; the house doggy, playing table games, reading, updating the journals, enjoying homemade meals and drinking Uruguayan beer! Voila, a perfect life! The weather was not roasting, pretty windy and with chilly nights, but warm enough to push ourselves to swim in the cold Atlantic waters.
We got to Montevideo today and will stay around until tomorrow doing some sightseeing. Then, will cross back to Buenos Aires for two days before heading down south to meet up Conor, Liz and Pauline, with whom we will share Xmas somewhere by the beach. Yes people, our Xmas will be hot, in shorts and bikinis! Wicked!
All the best! Loads of sunny kisses!