It is a covered area with a lot of shops for knick knacks, souvenirs and food. Reminded me of the one in Tallinn. Only much smaller.

Made the 2 hour plus car ride to Montevideo and checked in. Was hit with this view from my room.

Apologies for that terrible cross-language pun!

The yachts looked beautiful in the dusk, though.

Around the Puerto de Punta del Este area

I was at the southernmost point of mainland Uruguay. There were these beautiful houses that looked out onto the water. Something caught my eye…

Do you see a cylindrical structure with a chimney-like thing on the top of the house on the left? What is it?

The next house also seems to have a similar structure, sans the chimney.

Is that a pizza oven? Anybody in the know?

The board claimed that I had reached the southernmost tip of Uruguay. Although, strictly speaking, there is a small island south of here – Isla de Lobos. You can go there by ferry or helicopter. I did not have much time to go there. Apparently, there are lot of seals to be seen there.

This memorial for peace was constructed after the residents of Punta del Este became accidental witness to the largest naval battle in the mouth of Rio de Plata in the Second World War.