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- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
- UY
- Country Code
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Montevideo
Travel Blogs from Montevideo, Uruguay
Carne y Carnaval in Uruguay
... . Oh well, we only have a few weeks left and we have decided to regard this time as a holiday, rather than travel. We like Montevideo, it has a nice atmosphere and people are friendly. However, it looks like it is in need of a major spruce up as many of ...
Reunion
... I might be a bit goofy but I will try to remain serious as this is what and how I normally am :) The hostel is great and Montevideo is better than I expected. Apart from brown sea, waves and girls you can drink here some very good beer and eat a big local ...
the small capital
i have had 4 days here in the capital of uruguay. 2 days of incessant rain and 2 days of glorious sunshine. i have spent the last 2 nights with servas and anita has been an amazing host - giving me a city tour, taking me to markets, and even a modern ...
Montevideo, achoo
Montevideo, Uruguay. Goodbye, Brasil. Goodbye, Portuguese. The Red Hostel is a very good place with cool, energetic staff - except when its rooms or water are cold, or when the dim lights prevent you from reading at night. Here we watch ...
Week 3
... can work on Sudoku puzzles while watching TV, but may have to buy another book before we depart. http://realtravel.com/montevideo-journals-j6664518.html http://realtravel.com/buenos_aires-journals-j6670044.html We., 9-3 - 1:30 pm - We stayed up ...
Capital of Uruguay
Montevideo (pronounced Monte-vid-ayo) It was only a 6 hour bus ride to get here so we caught it in the day time and the bus had wi-fi on it, so that was pretty handy! As we were coming in my first thoughts were, just another big city, museums, shopping ...
mate', meat and peñarol
... Silva just strolled by him to score is forever burned into my memory. Ramplas beat Peñarol 3-2. Uruguay are lining up a bid for the 2030 World Cup. Montevideo itself has been interesting. Not cheap, but interesting. Nice beach, on the Rio del ...
Uruguay
... thing was getting to see some lazy sealions at the fish market down at the port. We had a few days in the Capital Montevideo which was good. The Uruguaian people like to drink mate and it is funny to see them all walking the streets with their ...
I miss it already
... guys already know about the visa and ticket switches so no need to address that, huh? Well..I have just arrived in Montevideo. Only have a first impression but it is definitely a different country. First of all, the city is nicer than ...
Ruta al Est
... ' a parte un ostello molto bello e un giretto in centro non ho fatto molto. Raccattato un israeliano solitario in ostello a Montevideo abbiamo guidato fino a Punta Dell'Est, posto super chic per l'estate sud americana, ma ovviamente vuoto in Autunno, il ...
Week 2
... very slowly - my P. D. James mystery, and Philip tried (bouncing bus) to read his National Geographic. http://realtravel.com/montevideo-journals-j6459558.html Fr., 8-29 - 12:25 pm - back in Montevideo - Food expedition is half done. I do not ...
a couple of days in Montevideo
We took the bus in the early morning to Montevideo. It was a very comfortable bus and good road. The taxi we took from the bus terminal to the hotel felt incredibly familiar - no seat belts on the back seat, crazy driver. It remined me of my taxi ...
Sunset and chinchulines
And so, after another night partying, we head to Montevideo, Uruguay's capital city. Not far from Punta, we get there after a couple of hours. After finding a place to stay - HI Schirmann Munker, a really good hostel and conveniently located door-to-door ...
Montevideo
... out with ainsley and graham for the week in buenos aires we decided as a group it would be fun to head over to montevideo in uruguay for a quick visit....little did we know it would turn into quite the adventure full of fun in the sun!!!! we arrived ...
Montevideo
Montevideo... was cold and rainy here, but I got an awesome fobwatch as a very early birthday present from Gem... it is not working at the moment, but I will try and get it fixed at some stage in the near ...
The perfect steak, almost
... back along the beach, fed the horse and got our bus ticket out of there for the following day. The bus to the Uruguayan capital Montevideo was only 2.5 hours and again the bus was comfortable. I was keen to see the place with my own eyes after telling an ...
OldTown Colonia
This time we walked to town with Bryan and Family. We went into the historical part of Colonia.Old town goes back to the 1600 and 1700´s with the Portugese. Some restoration has taken place. Interesting museum and Basilica. We had a nice lunch eating ...
The Road to Montevideo
( To be read aloud as with a "bush poem" ) The Road to Montevideo It dawned cold and grey, the day we set out On The Road to Montevideo People on the bus had their heads down, quiet – except for one young gentleman, who had rather a lot to say for ...
Medio y Medio
Most of the Uruguayan capitals charm lies in the heart of the Ciuad Vieja, the historical old town where some of the city's history can still be seen in the colonial architecture. Set in the middle of the Old Town is the ...
Montevideo...where?
... he accepted our mixture of cash in return. By now it was about 8.30 and we then found a bank, and bought 2 tickets to Montevideo which incidentally was the destination of both the buses we chose to leave. We were very tired campers when we got here. I'm ...
Montevideo
... up with Alfonso my long lost mate from Peru who helped me out with the Police and what not when my bag was stolen. Uruguay and Montevideo are his stopping ground. We stayed with his family who own farms and a clothing line. So the family is half half. ...
Be careful where you tread.....
... means mount, VI are the roman numerals for 6 (the number of hills), "DEO" means from East to West, giving you Montevideo. So I suppose the English translation should be Six Hillsview. Its full of Art Deco buildings, has a 24km coastline ...
Week 1
... a very high 4-pointed fetus. We found an ATM at a bank, but had to wait for about 10 minutes, while a Brinks truck (Montevideo-style) transferred money, with two men with AK-47´s or shotguns standing guard. Philip took out 5000 pesos (the exchange ...
The one in L'Auberge Espagnole
... , i gave this blog a better title. In Uruguay for the long weekend. having fun. spent yesterday and the night in Colonia where the ferry got in. we took a bus to Montevideo this morning and will leave early monday morning. More to follow Besos ...
Montevideo - capital of Uruguay
So we were taking the 3 hour bus to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, on the way from Colonia, we passed through countryside and absolutely no towns, maybe some small little farming communities on the way, but hardly anything. Just lots of farms, ...