Tag Archives: Ocean

June 23, 2008
El Viejo y el Mar, Punta del Diablo, Uruguay– also tagged , , , ,

It was a cold rainy evening in June and I was sitting in a cozy living room lit only by the glow from a fire and candle light. Well worn books lined the shelves and an older man named Ernesto was tuning an aged guitar. A few locals who were sitting around the fireplace struck [...]

June 1, 2008
La Rambla, Montevideo, Uruguay– also tagged , ,

Virtually every Uruguayan city on the coast has a place called La Rambla. It is the strip along the beach used for gathering, walking, and sipping mate. In Uruguay homes and resorts are generally built back from the beach to leave plenty of this public space. Our friend Rick pointed out that all Uruguayan cities [...]