Day 96

La Barra, Uruguay

Well....if Punta Del Este is the hot stuff.....La Barra is her cool little sister. Only 30 minutes up the coast we have moved ourselves to a big "kid friendly" resort in La Barra. This town is tiny compared to Punta, but every restaurant is sheek, every store sells the highest in beach bum fashion....and the sand is beautiful. Its quieter here than in Punta, but obivously more "in the know".

Anyhow.....when we arrived at the resort (which needless to say is way out of our budget) they showed us to our room. It was in the basement and there was one double bed.

Oh no! Not having it.

I explained to the bellman that I needed a King Size bed if there was only one bed (we are sleeping three people here)....well the manger called back, said it was impossible......you know the drill.

But, I know nothing is impossible.

So I had another nice chat with my lovely bellboy, and after paying for our entire three night stay up-front cash, in US dollars......The Heralds moved to the Presidential Suite. (For the same price as the small room in the basement).

Now, this hotel room is probably bigger than our next house will be. Two floors, multiple bedrooms and baths, living room, kitchen, three decks......all looking at the ocean, and of course, a private roofdeck with lounge chairs and BBQ. Now this is how you live in La Barra!

Above: view from our master bedroom.

Tonight we are off to The Sushi Club for dinner on the beach. It does not even open until 10pm....but they say kids are no problem. The culture here is so different!