Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Welcome to Punta del Este. I hope you brought your wallet.

I am in Punta del Este aka Uruguay´s answer to France´s Riviera - that is if the question is What´s the name of the beach town in in Uruguay where things are very expensive and it is raining a cold hard rain?

I left Montevideo today for a few days by the beach. The beaches appear to be great here (although I wonder about the water as i see a brown foam on top of the water where people are surfing) but the weather is not. It rained my last 2 days in BA and it has rained, off and on, since i arrive in Uruguay on Friday. It was somewht dry when i got off the bus today, but now the rain has returned.

I will be here, or near here, for a few days before heading back to Montevideo this weekend. On Sunday, I plan to have dinner with an ex-colleague from the Disney on Ice days. He no longer does work for DOI. We will have fun talking about the good times there....I think there was a Tuesday in 1997 and a Friday in spring of 1998.

I had thoughts about hitting Brazil, since i am so close, but the cost of the visa is $240. I already spent $100 on a visa I didn´t use. For the amount of time I might be in Brazil, I don{t think the visa is worth it.

Gambling update: lost UY 100 Pesos the other day. the roulette ball landed in the slot right next to my number.

Damn.

update #2: 80kg with shoes and clothes

Double Damn

bjm 03.05.08

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