Yesterday we set off from Montevideo to the "beautiful beach resort" of La Paloma. 3 hours later we arrive....apart from the fact the taxi driver struggled to know any of the local street names nothing seemed off kilter and we happily checked into Hotel Tuna.
Since the room was being cleaned we threw in our bags without much attention and headed off to the beach.
We fumbled our way around a rocky coastline, in search of a bottle of water - 30mins later we found ourselves at a beach bar. Lying in the sun we soon realised that Uruguay might be closer to the equator than we had ever been since our skin was beginning to shrivel. We resorted to an umbrella hire and two empanadas and all was fine. You would think that a dip in the ocean would be the answer but unfortunately the coast line was littered with jelly fish, too many to count.
At 5 (as everyone was arriving at the beach...which made us realise that sunbathing during the heat of the day is probably not done here - thank god i am not pale) we headed back. On arrival I realsied my maticulous cream application was not so thorough as I spoted red burn striped appearing on my calves. Attractive. To make things much worse a momentous rumble in my stomach confirmed the fact that the beach empanadas were not a good idea.
At Hotel Tuna we realised that given the lack of mozzie net and my ability to attract any local population of insects we were going to have to sleep with the window closed. For any of you that know Tommy this is pretty much classed as his most uncomfortable environment, combined with rattling blinds, 30+ degree heat, a stence of fishy poo and a noisy bed he soon retired to the balcony with a pillow. Predicatably he returned 15mins later.
Luckily at 7am i was woken by another bout of food poisoining...continuing for 2 more hours we felt it was time to say HASTA LEUGO to Hotel Tuna. Fortunately however, the temperature has calmed slightly because we are currently in the midst of a lovely tropical storm. Hooray.
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