Country Info
- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
- UY
- Country Code
Montevideo Slideshow
Montevideo
Travel Blogs from Montevideo, Uruguay
A whole weekend in one square mile
... A RESERVATION. We had echoes of that horrible night in Tulum as evening approached and we realized we weren't going to Montevideo. Just like in Mexico, we moved from hotel to hotel, only to be told there was no room. (I ...
Back to civilisation
... to be there on time but due to some incomprehensible dark forces we ran out of fuel on the side of some road in Montevideo. Rogal was nominated with a unanimous decision to bring us some petrol in one of the spare jerry cans. The task was completed with ...
Atlantique sud / Southern Atlantic
... être notre dernier jour de voyage. Mais Dieu seul sait ce qu'il peut encore arrivé. Mon plan est de voler jusqu'à Montevideo, Uruguay, pour un arrêt technique et s'assurer que nous avons le droit d'entrer en Argentine. Ensuite un petit saut pour ...
Downtown Colonia, Uruguay
... succeeded. The people were very helpful. We also purchased another necessity of life...a bottle of red wine. The exchange rate in Uruguay is about 10 pesos:1 us dollars, Argentina is about 3:1 and Chile about 1000 to 1 US dollar. The little town of ...
Week 4
... teatrosolis.org.uy/ (Spanish only) - for the 2 pm performance of students from the Fundacion Sistema de Orquestas Infantiles y Juveniles del Uruguay - www.orquestas.com.uy (in Spanish). Since it was free, we were warned to get there very early. But, ...
Chilling in Uruguay
... US$12 each per night, we are not complaining! Yesterday we arrived and enjoyed some chilling time on the beach in Montevideo - culminating in an amazing sunset viewed from the top of a hill overlooking the sea and downtown MV. Without realising until ...
Urugauy Now Enjoying 21 Years of Democracy
... their presences as well :-) Anyway in 1984 democracy was restored and all has been peaceful since. All that aside, the capital Montevideo is a lovely city. I noticed less of a police / army presence on the streets than in other South American cities. ...
Un aprem´ à Montevideo
Dès le matin nous prenons le bus pour la capitale, Montevideo. Cette ville est connue comme étant la capitale la plus paisible de toute l´Amérique Latine. En effet dès notre arrivée on remarque qu´ici tout a l`air plus calme. Moins de circulation, ...
Llamadas en Montevideo
Ok, so I left David on Thursday afternoon to head for Montevideo to watch the Llamadas (parades through the streets of MVD which form part of the carnaval celebrations). He very kindly organised for me to stay with another couchsurfing host who has ...
Montevideo, Uruguay
... ... it was in style! :) I took a boat directly from Buenos Aires to Colonia, Uruguay where I connected with a bus straight to Montevideo. The entire journey including immigration took under 7 hours. The immigration was all done ...
Montevideo po kulinarske strance
tak prohlidka mesta pockala na dnesek. couraly jsme tady s jednou americankou a bavily se anglicky, coz mistni prekvapive poznaj a poznala sem, co je to za tezkej zivotni udel byt americanem, ktery nikdo na svete nema rad... nicmene prekvapive ...
Montevideo
... Aires to Montevideo on Sunday. The ferry ride across the Rio de la Plata was about 2 hours. The second I stepped out into Montevideo, I knew that I would love it and regretted not having more time here. It is a beautiful city with a great historic feel. ...
Was tun wir hier eigentlich?!
... wussten wir ueber Uruguay so gut wie garnichts. Man hat uns gesagt, dass es schoene Straende gibt. Und, dass Montevideo ein huebsches Staedtchen ist, in dem man an jeder Strassenecke in einen Hundehaufen latscht... Ohne irgendwelche Erwartungen haben wir ...
Hasta luego Brasil, Bienvenidos a Uruguay
Hola! We have now waved goodbye to Brasil, and have arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay. The city seems pretty nice, we are staying in La Ciudad Vieja, which is the old part of the town, with lots of nice colonial buildings, and actually has a very european ...
Uruguayans grill and eat otters!!
After 20 odd hours in the bus we arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay. As I have only 1 Uruguyan friend to go by, who is basically obsessed with nice cuts of prime beef, lamb cutlets and the best sausages money can buy in London's upmarket ...
Mi bolsa fue robado... pelotuditos
... a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, red-faced girl chased three teenage boys whilst shouting at the top of her voice; thanks for nothing Montevideo. I found a police station and managed to get a report from them so that I can at least make a claim on my ...
ancora capitale, ma piu' piccolina
Spostandosi da Buenos Aires, che ha tutte le dimensioni mastodontiche tipiche del sudamerica, a Montevideo sembra di finire in una piccola citta' di provincia... e invece e' ancora una capitale!! L'uruguay e uno sputino di terra ch si trova in mezzo ai ...
Day 92 - Uruguay
Day 92 Friday 3rd April - Uruguay Spent the day trying to catch a bit of sun on the roof terrace. Even broke the law of the land and sunbathed past 12pm lol. Still don't feel very brown though but maybe that's cos the factor 30 is keeping ...
Monte-Video Games
... their minds. The clouds and the sun took turns every few hours during the entire week. Today in Montevideo the leaves practically stretched themselves out of their cellulose coats. The sun was everywhere and I was loving ...
And so my little Zebra took me back home safely
Yo this is Tomek, the Afganistani mechanic afro zebra rider from Poland broadcasting from Pocitos hostel in Montevideo. The Zebra has brought me here safely and she's still in sound health. I came here around 2 PM after covering the last 150 kms of the ...
Walking around Uruguay´s capital
... I´m waiting around a bit to get in touch with my CS host and go home and relax! Saturday I´m thinking of visiting Colonia, and taking the "Buquebus" ferry to Buenos Aires. Next couple of days in Montevideo and/or the surrounding area. ...
Uruguay in 48 hours!
We caught the ferry from Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina) and after 3 hours we were in Montevideo (capital of Uruguay). It was evening before we arrived and we were soon dragged into a little Italian restaurant by an over-enthusiastic waiter, even the ...
URUGUAY
... planning to visit Punta Del Este, in 4 days time, we bought our return tickets there and then. Our hotel was situated in downtown Montevideo which was too far to walk from here. Buses into town did not run from this terminal so we decided to get a taxi ...
Check the times!!!
If you ever go to this country, first make sure you know the local time so that if you do need to catch a ferry back, it doesn't leave 30 mins BEFORE you arrive! We did laugh eventually. Karma plays funny things very quick in this ...
Uruguay
... had to leave at 2.30pm. We spent a few hours strolling around in the hot sunshine, taking photos of the major landmarks. Montevideo is a pretty and relaxed city with lots of green plazas. It didn´t seem too different from the other Latin-American cities ...
Uruguay
... PY. 2. Apparently a lot of Canadians. 3. Argentinians because they live so close. We had a good first couple nights in Montevideo, including a trip to an Irish Pub where I drank a Nut Brown. Delicious. And my first since leaving the ...
Montevideo, Uruguay
... a very dirty city with piles of garbage everywhere; Buenos Aires was much cleaner but dirty in comparison to cities in Canada; and Montevideo was a spotless South American oasis. We were accosted by a gentleman from the US of A and invited ...
Country number 2!
... 3 until people were heading to a club. Of course I was falling asleep by then! We´re just about to catch a bus to Montevideo and stay there for a couple of nights before going back to Argentina to head South. Gonna stop in Bahia Blanca en route to ...