Hot spot of serious cool
Stuff.co.nz
For some, Punta del Este is party central, but for others it's a place that marches to its own drumbeat. With its luminous sandy beaches, towering holiday apartment buildings and party-mad reputation, Uruguay's Punta del Este has become one of the ...

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Sail World

Global Ocean Race - Tropical cyclone tears towards Phesheya-Racing
Sail World
Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) fleet continue on the third leg of racing, from Wellington to Punta del Este. Following half a day hove-to with autopilot problems at 45S, right in the middle of the South Pacific, the GOR's South African team of Nick ...
Phesheya-Racing hove toDaily Sail

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Sydney Morning Herald

Hot spot of serious cool
Sydney Morning Herald
For some, Punta del Este is party central, but for others it's a place that marches to its own drumbeat, writes Aaron Peasley. WITH its luminous sandy beaches, towering holiday apartment buildings and party-mad reputation, Uruguay's Punta del Este has ...

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Sail World

Global Ocean Race fleet hammer upwind
Sail World
Global Ocean Race 2011-12 (GOR) first week of the third leg, from Wellington to Punta del Este, so far has been the most demanding of the entire circumnavigation. The five double handed Class40s have faced strong conditions from within hours of the ...
Kiwis crash out of global yacht raceStuff.co.nz
Global Ocean Race: Leaders hit calmsDaily Sail

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The Dominion Post

Kiwi-French rivalry on Southern Ocean
The Dominion Post
RACE LEADERS: Kiwi yachtsmen Ross Field and his son Campbell aboard their yacht at Chaffers Marina before this weekend's start of the Global Ocean Yacht Race leg to Punta del Este. There'll be plenty of Kiwi-French rivalry in the Southern Ocean on leg ...



TheStreet.com

South America Spawns Its Own 'Malibu'
TheStreet.com
By Michael Martin 01/17/12 - 07:00 AM EST MANANTIALES, Uruguay (MainStreet) -- The skyscraper horizon of Punta del Este in the distance feels miles away in the Uruguayan beach town of Manantiales, where a booming luxury market of million-dollar condos ...



Hot spot of serious cool
Taranaki Daily News
For some, Punta del Este is party central, but for others it's a place that marches to its own drumbeat. With its luminous sandy beaches, towering holiday apartment buildings and party-mad reputation, Uruguay's Punta del Este has become one of the ...



Daily Sail

Global Ocean Race - back to the Southern Ocean
Daily Sail
At 15:00 local time (02:00 GMT) on Sunday, the Global Ocean Race fleet started Leg 3 from Wellington, New Zealand, to Punta del Este, Uruguay, with a 6200-mile course through the Pacific Ocean, around Cape Horn and through the South Atlantic ahead of ...
Global Ocean Race Leg 3 - Upwind battleSail World

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MercoPress

Uruguay's government and private sector disagree on number of tourists arrived
MercoPress
According to official figures the number of tourists arriving in Uruguay in the first fifteen days of 2012, compared to the previous season jumped 26%, (particularly Argentines) but for operators in the main resort Punta del Este and which has been ...



The Age

Hot spot of serious cool
The Age
For some, Punta del Este is party central, but for others it's a place that marches to its own drumbeat, writes Aaron Peasley. WITH its luminous sandy beaches, towering holiday apartment buildings and party-mad reputation, Uruguay's Punta del Este has ...

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