2017-12-18 Day 228 Mon

A lovely quiet night apart from nature. We were rocked all night; sometimes none to gently. The wind and sea had dropped a little so wondered around the road that had been covered in dunes. A nice little walk but still got sandblasted as we left the lee of the trees.
We drove through the park some more and ended up at the fort. We did not have the local currency (or Brazilian) to get in so wondered around the outside. A very different shaped fort. It has the shape of an irregular pentagon, and five angles are finished in projecting bastions. There are five checkpoints for each angle of the pentagon, elegantly constructed in the form of carved stone pulpit. The perimeter of the fortress measures 652 meters and it occupies one hectare in area (wiki)

Drove on past the ATM again – still out of order. Back to the main road and south again. We dropped into Punta del Diablo to try another 2 ATM's one didn't exist and the other out of order. Two bikies stopped to talk. They were Brazilians on a short trip and spoke about their motor cycle trips from Alaska down to Brazil and around Vietnam. They traveled with very little gear, one was on a honda 250 dirt bike with road tyres the other on a large scooter...

Wanted another beach camp but it seems that driving on the beach is prohibited in Uruguay. Found a nice secluded little development near the beach with holiday houses, We parked with a sand dune between us and the beach. Could just see it and could hear the waves. The beach was much steeper here and the water a little clearer.