"Januca" in Punta del Este, Uruguay

The flight from B.A. to Punta del Este was less than 30 minutes long. We arrived just before the pandemonium which is said to begin the day after Christmas and all through January. The town was gearing up for over 300,000 visitors from all over the world - Brazil, Argentina, and Europe for the most part. As luck would have it, the first people we met were from Santa Monica, California.

We spent the first few days of Chanukkah ('Januca' in Spanish) in Punta and relaxed on the famous Bikini Beach and poolside, before dining in the small port town in the evenings. Unfortunately, the weather was not always clear and a few showers interrupted our sunbathing. It was a short two-night getaway but a worthwhile one. We returned to B.A. for a night, and returned to the airport the following morning for our next getaway...