We woke up pretty late in the day since we stayed out into the wee hours of the morning. We took a cab to the bus station because we were off to our second location of Uruguay- Punta del Este.
Punta del Este is a very nice area of Uruguay where a lot of famous people visit and have houses on the beautiful beaches. We found a hostel a few blocks off the beach for about $20 USD a night. The hostel was very big and packed. We had a room with 6 beds, and I drug a 7th mattress in to sleep on so we could all stay in the same room. We settled in and hung out by the pool for a while. The hostel was very nice we stayed there for a few days so I will post more pictures in the next couple days. The hostel had burgers for dinner, I didn't get any myself but I had a bite of one and they were very good. After we enjoyed our dinner we went into town.
We took two taxis into center city...first stop-casino. We had a really good time. I learned a lot of new vocabulary, but I was a little too timid to try blackjack because there was some new terminology I didn't know inside-and-out and I couldn't risk a confrontation. I watched Christian play roulette and got some chips of my own. I played for a while with Cynthia as my good luck charm...but she proved to be quite the opposite! I lost $20USD but had a really good time and I learned a lot...it was a lot of fun.
I tried to play some slot machines, but I was a little confused with the process so I called Christian over to help me figure it out. He seemed very confident, but evidently he does not know how they work either because I was playing a $.05 machine and my first pull cost me $4! I called it quits shortly after that to cut my losses at $25...but the experience was worth every penny.
After the casino, we took all our winnings (collectively negative $100) and window shopped around town. We had a nice little stroll talking and laughing...it was a fun night.
The picture at the top is of Pinto (left) and Christian (right) the soccer teammates.
Hasta manana!
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