Country Info
- Montevideo
- Capital
- Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
- Currency
- 3,360,105
- Population
- UY
- Country Code
Montevideo Slideshow
Montevideo
Travel Blogs from Montevideo, Uruguay
Montevideo, Uruguay
... area of town and you do get beggers coming up to you quite a lot, but you seem to get this all over the city anyway. Montevideo is actually a really nice capital city. It is VERY laid back and you would never know that you were in a capital city, but ...
My day with Vanessa
... ; I guess this is better than her other alternative which is not going to Montevideo at at. BTW, Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay. I have a bilingual dictionary which is quite helpful and which will be used extensively throughout the ...
Prison break
After a 2 1/2 hour bus ride we arrived in Montevideo - Uruguay´s capital. First impressions looked pretty good. A complete world away from Colonia. Staying in Hotel Iguasu. Walked around the city to see the sights. Went ...
Montevideo
Three hours on the ferry gets you and your truck to Montevideo from Buenos Aires...no problems. This city has great food and a far more relaxed vibe than its neighbor. Older, somewhat subdued and friendly, are among the reasons to like this capital. ...
Nov 11, 2010
Montevideo
... everywhere is very dry. As we neared Montevideo there were some very poor looking areas of housing along the water. Montevideo is small for a capital city. The colonial old town has many grand old buildings but most are ...
Conclusions and miscellany at end of travels
... . Uruguay restructured its external debt in 2003 without asking creditors to accept a reduction on the principal. Economic growth for Uruguay resumed, and averaged 8% annually during the period 2004-08.' With the rapid growth in demand for basic food ...
A 24 Glimpse in Uruguayan Life
... the laid-back scene next to the water complete with a light house! From there we headed on over to the capital of Montevideo to see what it offered. Honestly, as far as landmark tourist attractions go Uruguay has none except for some beach towns, but I ...
Getting to know Montevideo
... ; I'm not trying to speak in terms of relativity (as if Montevideo were a crap hole and in comparison they looked nice), but Montevideo is not California and they do things differently here. And the houses are nice. It seems like this ...
Zwischenstopp
Die Hauptstadt Uruguay's. Nur kurz haben wir hier angehalten und uns das Stadtzentrum angesehen, bevor wir weiter nördlich unsere Zelte aufschlagen wollten. Gefallen hat uns nicht besonders, was wir gesehen haben. Sicher hat die Stadt ihre Ecken mit ...
Gauchos
... 's folklore and myth in society here. We attended the big fair/rodeo which is held annually in Semana Santa in Montevideo. Gauchos from all over Uruguay attend. Unlike other rodeos there are no bulls, or calf roping events. It is purely a display of horse ...
Making Friends in Montevideo
... we ate and gave us some tips on what to see in Montevideo, then we caught a bus into town. We strolled around central Montevideo, which is set on another point out in the estuary. Some of the plazas were quite nice, but the buildings were mostly ...
Markets in Montevideo
... his section of the ship. There are a few photos of our 'tablemates' and servers as well. March 8th brought us into Montevideo, Uruguay. On the other side of the Rio de la Plata than Buenos Aires - it is still a very large mouth of the ...
L' año nuevo!!
Sopravvissuto all'anno nuovo, ve lo posso raccontare! per quanto bizzaro e' stato davvero molto divertente!! premetto che non ci saranno fotografie perche' per evitare spiacevoli inconvenienti ho preferito presentarmi alla festa armato solo di soldi, ...
Finally arrived...
... and sleep. We had many members of our family at the airport to greet us. Many tears, many laughs and many hugs. Now the fun starts!!! After a good night sleep that is lol. Here are some snaps of where we are staying in Bario Sur, Montevideo ...
Dorms!
... slightly dented and we ended up staying in a run down version of fawlty towers! This didn't dent our opinions of Montevideo which has a nice historic centre and is not too dissimilar to BA in many ways. We're on the move again in ...
Summer blues
... brought a suitcase, if i was going to take the bus ever where" Nice! In search of a smile, this was my mission in Montevideo. Maybe it was because it was summer and everyone had migrated to the beaches or because it was a Sunday or because Gloomy dark ...
Time to hit the city
... up some sun at the very windy beach. We then drove to Marty´s home town, the capital city, Montevideo. What an amazing, beautiful city on the sea. The city is spread out along the seaside. Marty´s parents place was a beautiful ...
Montevideo, Colonia, y Unas Quejas
... up seeing Pirates of the Carribean since there isn`t much to do in the city, at least anything we can find. But while Montevideo is disappointing, Colonia definitely raises my spirits. After not getting much sleep, I decide it is high time to get the ...
Massage
Today we walked through the back streets of a residential neighborhood and found the usual mix of well kept homes and those not so. Several homes had little businesses being run there...a pharmacy, butcher shop, auto repair, etc. We returned to the ...
Two days rest in the sun
I can tell you this much, that this trip is already so much different from the one before. I have already been in two cities so far, but have been able to chill and enjoy the sunshine as it is so much more hotter over here and enjoy the people walk by! ...
The weather changes...
... had hoped the weather would be as good 200km away, but right now it´s sheeting down and freezing. What´s that all about? Montevideo, billed as a quite, calm city, isn´t all that brilliant. It has a major issue with lack of toilets, as witnessed ...
Uruguay
... very relaxing, a nice change of pace from Buenos Aires. Saturday afternoon, we boarded a bus for the capital city of Montevideo, 2.5 hours from Colonia. Nearly half or Uruguay´s population lives in Montevideo, so we were excited to check out the bustle ...
Tchau Brazil
... - felt so safe, welcome etc. Not what we expected of Brazil at all. So, sad to leave. But move on we must, and we’ll be back to see the Amazon in April or so. Currently in Uruguay - also proving to exceed expectations... but more of that ...
Food observations
... in 4 packs and the texture is from sand paper to notebook paper. Napkins are seriously thinner than our kleenexes. In Uruguay they have whole aisles dedicated to yerba mate, a peculiar drink like tea - very popular. People carry around thermos of ...