One of the trips that I did during my summer in Coronel Suárez was to go to the Argentinean beach town of Monte Hermoso for the day. Located about two hours south of Coronel Suárez along the Argentinean coast it is a big summer vacation spot for the residents of Bahía Blanca.
One of Gaby’s brothers was going down there and invited me to come along. The drive down is mile after mile of flat, treeless farmland broken occasionally by a fence, a bunch of cows or a house. As we approached Monte the landscape changed from prairie to high sand dunes. After passing through the dunes you arrive at the coastal town of Monte Hermoso and then a nice beach. I had visited Monte Hermoso with Gaby when I lived in Argentina about ten years ago and it has changed a lot since that time. The city was much more built up and there were more restaurants, dance clubs, and rental cabins everywhere. As it was high season the town was busy and there were lots of people out and about.
One thing that I remember from my first trip to Monte was that the water was full of stinging jellyfish which made it very difficult to get in the water. Unfortunately, that part of Monte hadn’t changed so we weren’t able to swim in the ocean.
We met up with some of Gaby’s family members and went to their cabin for lunch. Later we went to the beach, I went for a run and we then we played some games on the beach. The beach was busy but everyone was doing their own thing and were in a good mood.
Late that evening as the sun set and the ocean air chilled down we climbed into Gaby’s brothers’ car and headed back through the flat prairie toward Coronel Suárez.
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