Viewers of Anthony Bourdain shows may vaguely remember the artist colony Cabo Polonio. It's the part of an Uruguay episode with a live penguin in a bar owned by a blind man. Found the man, the penguin is long gone.
Cabo Polonio is an artist colony started at the edge of the Atlantic ocean. It's dune buggy ride away from the highway. It's basically a bunch of houses scattered over a mini-peninsula. They don't have electricity, and most don't have running water (but they do have large reserve tanks!). We rented one of these ranchitos on a rainy weekend in October. (We = me, roommate, roommate's mom, and a friend from Spain). The rain lowered the temperature a bit, so we kept a fire going all weekend and moved all our beds into one room for warmth. I refused to shower (suprise) due to the cold, and to the fact that I would have to light a giant gas burner to get any hot water.
Despite the weather, it was immensely relaxing to be disconnected and live feel like we were living a little more simply - while also taking breaks from the simplicity to eat at the fancy restaurant with a generator and wifi (password: desconectate [disconnect yourself]). 8/10. Definitely going back.
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| The artist-owner of our ranchito appears to have made it to Disney World. |
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| View from the dunes. High quality stuff. |
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| Life saving fire. |
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| Cute baby sea lion...that was so friendly because it was an orphan destined to die. |
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Selfie as we are sailing in on the dune buggy mobile.
That hostel in the background has its own marijuana garden, of course.
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| Ranchitos. |
