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Punta del Este is my favorite place in Uruguay during the summer. It is a 1 ½ hour ride east from the capital (Montevideo), and a place where the beach and the night are predominant.

The season

Punta gets crowded during the first two weeks of January. Mostly because of the enormous amount of visitors from Brazil and Argentina that choose those two weeks to go there. But the truth is that as long as it is warm enough for swimming, Punta is the hottest place in Uruguay. This means that tourists will go in and out of Punta, from mid December till early March.

During autumn, winter and spring, Punta is almost a ghost city. Some people like it this way because it is very peaceful, so they choose to reside there permanently. But most people go there only during the months of summer, and leave their houses empty during the rest of the year. This gives house thieves the perfect opportunity for their trade. But don’t let this spoil your vacation. Security is improving every year in Punta, and crime rates are going down.

Personally I would choose autumn or spring over winter. Both of those seasons are beautiful there. The colors, the smell, the peace, and the temperature. Everyone should try it sometime.  

In my following posts I will write about the beach and the night life of Punta. You don’t want to miss that!! 

Welcome to the Latin America travel blog!

This is the place where you will discover

Latin America, and where you’ll share your own traveling experiences with others around the world. In this blog you will find posts containing tips, recommendations and ”stay away!” warnings :) about places in South and Central America, from someone that has been there. You will get first hand information on the best, the better and the worst about countries, cities and landmarks.

If you are planning on traveling to the region and want to get unbiased information and great tips about a certain place, this will be a great site to find this information from someone else like you. You might also discover places you haven’t even heard of!

I love to travel, and I try to do it as much as I can. From all my traveling experience I learned that to really see what a country is made of, you have to get involved with its people, follow their customs and some of their everyday routines. Otherwise you will only get exposed to the superficial and almost “staged” lifestyle of a country. You’ll get the tourist look.

Now, it is not easy to go deep into a country’s life when you don’t know anyone there. It is much simpler to just get a commercial guide and follow blindly, or sign up for a tour. But trust me, that way of traveling wont even leave a mark on you. You might as well take a virtual tour sitting at home :).

That is why I started this blog. To get the inside scoop about destinations in Latin America. To get the naked truth from people that has been to a place and has seen more than just the “pretty face” of a country. I guarantee this information will get you a whole new level of traveling experience.

So, look around this blog, get your tips, enjoy your trip, and when you get back tell us all about it!

Let’s travel!!!