A vlog-style YouTube video (Jan 19, 2017) by Nate Buchanan documenting travel from Montevideo to La Paloma, Uruguay. Nate and Kara shop briefly, take a four-hour bus to La Paloma (arriving ~15 minutes early), find and settle into an Airbnb cottage (rented to sleep nine people), shop for groceries, visit the beach (short visit; wind prevented drone flight), plan to cook during an extended rainy period, and reflect on the simplicity/nostalgia of the day. The couple notes the Airbnb cost (~$80–$90/night) and that they have bikes, hammocks, a washer, and a patio at the rental.
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January 19, 2017
Four hours
About 15 minutes early
Nine people
$80–$90 per night
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Sam.
We just said bye to Santiago, and I'm so sad. He brought us to the bus terminal, which just happens to be connected to a mall, and he's been rolling around our bags for us. He's just the best. Now we have to find Nate a bathing suit because we're going to the beach today. Nate does not like shopping or buying stuff for himself, but I'm making him try on bathing suits because we're going to the beach. I think he'll thank me later.
They didn't have a medium, so I.
Don'T have to buy anything.
You need a bathing suit, but I.
Don'T want to buy one.
You're so weird. It's happening, Adam.
I love the new bathing suit.
I hate shopping.
We are on the bus for the next four hours, and we're going to La Paloma, which is a beach town, and we've heard the beaches in Uruguay are really good, so we're really excited. And we'll be here for four days. We got our own seats. This is my seat. It is.
So.
I did not realize we were here. Are we early? That was the fastest bus ride ever. And I finished editing the vlog.
It was a very uneventful four hours, which is a good thing when you're on a bus. And we arrived 15 minutes early.
There's no Uber here, and the pin that our Airbnb host dropped us seems to only be a nine minute walk away. So I think we're gonna try and walk until we get lost and call a taxi.
That's probably my biggest complaint about Airbnb over hotels is that, like, the getting there and getting in is always a little more work than it needs to be. Not always, but more times than not, it's never exactly straightforward, like walking into a hotel.
Here we go.
That would be nice right about now.
What do you think?
I don't know.
I think I remember seeing that sign. So we think we might have found the house. Compare pictures.
Yeah.
I think that's it.
Yellow chimney, red roof. Yellow chimney, red roof. Hola.
So turns out this is our Airbnb. This very nice lady who doesn't speak any English poked her head out the door and I think tried to tell us that she's almost done cleaning and we can wait on the patio until she's done. It feels great.
Excited.
This is our home.
We have a patio and bikes and hammocks and a washer.
Goodbye, Nate.
And barbecue. Doing our own asado.
Look at all our bikes. I'm going to be taking some naps. Out here for sure.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
6, 7, 8, 9.
What are you counting?
Well, I've rented an Airbnb that sleeps nine people, but it was incredibly hard to find somewhere to stay. Apparently everybody in the country comes to the coast during this time of year, so, like, supply and demand were crazy. There were barely any open places, and the places that were open were extremely expensive. Like, even the private hostel rooms were going for, like, $100 a night. And we got this place for 80 to $90 a night, which is more than we normally pay for our accommodations. But considering the circumstances, I think we did pretty good. I'm looking forward to the next four days. Me too. Hope the sun comes out. Me too.
It is three o'. Clock. All we've had to eat for lunch is an apple and some crackers. So we're on our way to the grocery store. And since we're spending a little more than usual on our accommodations, we'll probably do a little more cooking than usual, so we'll get stuff for that, too.
Incoming.
We have a couple hours of sunlight left, and it's supposed to rain the next two days, so we're gonna go soak up as much of the beach that we can.
Also taking the drone. Hopefully this will be the second floor flight of the trip. We'll see if the wind cooperates and if there's not, like, a ton of people that I could crash it into.
We're not bringing this camera, though, so now we're gonna switch to the GoPro.
We're pretty sure the spot that was on our camera last year for so long came from, like, a piece of sand or something that got in it from taking it to the beach. So we're trying to spare you from that. We use the GoPro while we're at the beach this week. Hey, do you know where we're going?
You told me you did.
This doesn't look like what I thought it was going to.
We came home from the beach early and we didn't end up flying the drone because it got really windy and I got pretty cold. So now we're calling it a night. Gonna make some dinner and hang out in our cottage.
Hope you enjoyed today's vlog. We enjoyed it in, like, a weird way. We felt very nostalgic. It felt like some of our first vlogs where we were riding random buses through Asia, walking to our hotels and going to the grocery store. Feel like most of our content's more interesting than this, but this is just a normal day on.
