Day 21/21: Saturday, January 25,2020: Punta del Este, Uruguay

We anchored in the harbor of Punta del Este at 0800 hours. The weather is hazy but calm. The high today is supposed to be 80F with a chance of showers in the afternoon. We did not dock so we will tender to the dock.

The city was discovered by Span on February 2, 1516, the day of Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria. Hence this is the Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria Seaport. It is a resort city with many small and large yachts in it harbor.

Looking off our veranda, I noticed a lot of jelly fish along the ship.

It was a 10-15 minute tender ride to the dock. The water was a little choppy, but not bad.

Punta del Este is on a peninsula jutting out from Uruguay. When we arrived on shore, we were given a map with a walking tour route, which we took counter clockwise around the peninsula. Overall, we walked just over 5 miles.

Most of the coast is jagged lava.

At the point is the Great Britain Square.

Englishmen Beach

Memorial to Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria

On Brava Beach, there is a sculpture of finger tips.

We were advised to be sure to stop by the Artigas Square where craftsmen and artists set up booths to sell their projects. We got there at 10:30 am and there was nothing going on. The sign said they opened at noon. So, we continued our walk and had an early lunch at McDonald's. At noon, we walked back to the square and nothing had changed. We were getting tired and it was getting warm so we decided to go back to the ship. We arrived about 1:00 pm. The last tender back to the ship is at 3:30pm. We leave port at 4:00pm.

I noticed they had brought out one of their Zodiacs and were apparently doing some training exercises. I believe we will use these when we reach the Antarctica.