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- Montevideo
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- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
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- 3,360,105
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Montevideo Slideshow
Montevideo
Travel Blogs from Montevideo, Uruguay
Home of 2 world cups
We took the ferry over to Montevideo, we reckon soon to be renamed monteDVD. We met up with a couple of big American guys, on the way over, we had chummed with in BA. Both fireman and larger than life who really enjoyed me slegging ...
Land of Mate and Chivitos
Maybe sometime I`ll do a proper entry for Montevideo and Buenos Aires. But not now. There is too much to say, too much time has gone, and I`m too lazy. Carnaval, football, more bartending, beach, medio y medio, llamadas, murgas, ...
Uruguay
... being this far south is that it´s the complete opposite season from back home. It´s fall here, it´s cold. Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay. Uruguay is a small country of about 3 million people. Despite its size it has ...
Montevideo
... of crops slipped past our window for the 3 hour journey. It appears that if little else, Uruguay has a very healthy farming industry. Montevideo itself has a similar quaint beauty to Colonia with a raft of beautiful ancient architecture, wide open ...
Colonia & Montevideo
... the old city is tree lined and is best seen by golf cart! A short stay and lunch and we moved on to Montevideo which is the capital of Uruguay. Out for dinner that night proved to be more than just dinner, heading out to some of the local pubs to capture ...
Montevideo
... turismo estaba cerrada y no había ningún plano de ciudad en las carteleras de la Terminal (muy mal, deberían poner uno). Montevideo estaba vacía. Domingo nueve de la mañana y estos uruguayos durmiendo. Algunos tempraneros con el mate bajo el brazo y ...
luruguay
... parlant espagnol (waouhm mais cest obligatoire pour lui, il bosse ici pour 9 mois) un francais venu passe des vacances a montevideo (quell etrange idee)originaire des monts du lyonnais / un voisin quoi) un bqroudeurm et des uruguyains. soiree sympa en ...
+40 Degrees Celsius
... . On our first afternoon in Montevideo, we wandered around the old city and found the Carnival Museum. We didn´t know that Montevideo had a Carnival, but apparently they whoop it up like their neighbours in Rio starting on January 20. Too bad we ...
Happy Birthday Sharon
... a line of people a block long to get in. I don't know why. Today is a holiday here, the birthday of Artigas, the father of Uruguay. And I just thought it was my day. (BBC told me I share my birthday with the world's oldest man in Japan who turned 111 ...
Argentina to Uruguay and Finally to Brazil
... news now) and saw the fantastic (a little place called Colonia which is a beautiful unesco listed town) and the somewhat crap capital Montevideo (also referred to as Budget Aires). 8 hours is now my record for the least amount of time spent in a capital ...
Montevideo
... . Cold, smokey, hungry. Expensive. Beautiful I have a cold. big fireplaces miniature fires funny little fake town of colonia de sacramento the chilenas super cool super cold hotel en salto enter by ferry leave by ferry ciao uruguay , hello argentina ...
Another change of country.
... Porto Alegre, Brazil, it was finally time to move on. It was only a relatively short 12 hour bus ride to Montevideo, the capital of the neighboring country Uruguay. At first I thought it was going to be a bad bus ride due to the guy sitting next to me ...
first month back in latin america
i just cant bring myself to make my thoughts public for the moment, until then enjoy the ...
mooching about Montevideo
... , although they have a Soviet-Russia style trading system going on; in order to purchase a solitary fridge magnet memento of Montevideo for one's mother one must not simply select the desired magnet and part with the appropriate cash payment. Oh ...
Uruguay for a few Days
... cute are few and far between. Still interesting for its history for an afternoon walking around. No more though. (ii) Montevideo Capital of Uruguay and home to 1.4 million Uruguayans. A nice manageable city to walk around in and tourist. The weather ...
Montevideo
... in Montevideo - gotta love those shop fronts, they're straight out of the 50's! Time to say goodbye to Montevideo and Uruguay as we head back into Argentine territory... more specifically the wine growing region of Mendoza in Western Argentina. But ...
Last day in Uruguay
... , but with a very primitive waxy look..(sorry, this keyboard isn´t in spanish and I can´t find the question mark option....) Montevideo is prettier than it looked from the bus station (isn´t every town) with art deco buildings that could rival Miami ...
visite de la ville
je prds mon tps ce matin car cest un peu lomg de marcher tte une journee seule ds la ville jarpente de nbreuses rues et ensuite je vais sur la cote. tjs ce fameux rio de la plata qui parait etre une mer tellemt il est enorme!!! je me pose et ...
Day 33 - World Cup glory!
... he had set the alarm wrong and I hadn`t noticed. No wonder it was absolutely boiling!So that meant we didn`t get to Montevideo until 2pm only giving us 4 hours before our overnight bus from there to Cordoba. The plan was to find the "Estadio ...
Montevideo
Spent a few days in the capital of Uruguay - Montevideo visiting antique markets and the old city. Surprisingly well developed and had a great time hanging with a friend of mine who is living there at the ...
An Uruguayan adventure
... . Colonia - you have guessed it - is very colonial and charming, with its narrow streets and neo colonial architecture. Montevideo is vibrant, but much more manageable than Buenos Aires, and again the welcome I received was not comparable. About ...
A brief stop in Montevideo, Uruguay
... 've taken so far. Great bus and no hassle with ferry or Uruguayan border crossing. Very easy to see the European influence in Montevideo, particularly in the architecture. Prices are cheaper than Brazil. Bus is 80c. Food and beer cheap too. If we’d ...
01/06/05
My quest for as many passport stamps as I can possibly accrue continued here for the day. Colonia is a tiny port town just across from BA and is apparently full of Argentines during the summer though in winter it is very quiet. They did have some ...
Uruguay
... as we had stayed late in the bar, went to the beach for an hour or two and then got the bus to Montevideo, the nation´s capital. We treated ourselves to a room in the Ibis hotel, which was actually the same price as our dorm ...
Montevideo
The busride from Colonia to Montevideo (the capital of Uruguay) took me 2.5 hours. I didn't really see much from the countryside as I was sleeping almost the whole time... hi hi... Don't know what's wrong with me but as soon as I get on a bus or car I ...
The bureaucracy in Montevideo, taxis and motorbike
So, the whole truth about our bikes and the customs procedures in Montevideo have been revealed today. The BMWs, Africa and the Zebra are all safe and sound in one of the warehouses in the harbour. We had a chance to go there and take a look and even ...
The first foray out of BA
... boat after all, not sure how we managed that, but we connected with the bus and hoofed it straight to Montevideo. Another magnificent terminal, Tres Cruces. We were introduced there to the local beer "Patricia" and chivitos, ...
An escape to the city
... took the 9am bus to Montevideo, it was only two and a half hours on the bus so we arrived by lunch time. Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay. It's a city like any other city so we only plan on staying tonight then moving on tomorrow. However, we have ...