In this occasion I show some photos of Punta del Este, the second largest city of Uruguay. It is one of the most important spa cities or resorts in South America and in the Southern Atlantic. Some people say that it is the “Miami of South America” other people compare it with Monaco. Certainly it can be compared with Miami due to the construction boom that this city has experienced during the lasts decades and it is impressive to see the amount of building and condominiums that have been built along the sea side. We can say that it is a city with a lot of glamour.

In this first photos it can bee seen part of the skyline of the city and in the foreground the sea. I consider the black and white format suits quite well to the image.

The city is located where the Rio de la Plata ends and meets the Atlantic ocean. Some people say that La Punta (“The tip”) of the peninsula where the city is located, is where this division of waters occurs. Certainly we can experience that the water on the ocean side is clearer than the one from the river side.

The famous sculpture La Mano (The Hand) it is located at Playa Brava (the first beach on the ocean side). This sculpture is the work of the Chilean artist Mario Irarrázabal. "La Mano" has become an icon of the city. I show part of the sculpture in this photo (the fifth finger is missing). You can have an idea of its size since there is a silhouette of a man in the image.

The sand dunes are a common feature on the beaches on the ocean side, this photo shows one of the access to the beach along the dunes.

This other photo shows a detail of the sand dune in the foreground and part of the skyline of Punta del Este at the background.

I took these photos in autumn (May) when it is low season for this city, so the beaches were almost deserted. From someone who are used to the Caribbean finds water temperature of these beaches quite cold.

I used a camera Sony DSC-R1 for taking these photographs.

All the photographs of this post are of my authorship