The cheap prices, the beautiful people, the adventure backdrops, the pumping nightlife—Argentina had it all except for one thing: nice beaches. For that I had to take a three hour ferry east from Buenos Aires to Uruguay, where I could start my journey to their two most talked about beaches: Punta del Este and Punta del Diablo. You wouldn’t be far off calling Uruguay mini-Argentina, but higher numbers of blue-eyed and blonde-haired inhabitants with an edgier vibe of punk and goth teenagers tell you you’re not in the land of tango and glaciers anymore.
The famous Punta del Este hand