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Travel Blogs from Montevideo
Uruguay, I'm a machine.
... as we had a rally to catch!
We hit a delay very quickly. Just as the office had been closed as we arrived late, we were leaving too early for it to be open, and there was no sign of the watchman. In the end, I nosed around in his stand until I found my driving license, and we drove off without paying like bandits of old. **** ...
Montevideo, Uruguay
... monument à Rivera que l'on appelle "Square of the flag" et une immense croix blanche qui marquerait l'emplacement où le pape Jean Paul II aurait célébré une messe en 1987.
De Tres Cruces, on se dirige complètement à l'ouest, vers Carrasco, quartier résidentiel de Montevideo où on peut apparemment retrouver l'église Stella Maris et l'Académique navale (que l'on ne voit pas sur le circuit), mais aussi l'Hôtel Casino Carrasco, présentement en grosses grosses ...
Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
... a very friendly little friend, a seal, which our guide told us was extremely rare, as she's never seen a seal at this time of year. It had absolutely no fear and allowed a brief photo session before our trigger fingers no longer worked due to the cold. We made our way back to Hemingway's, a lovely little sea side cafe where we indulged in Submarinos. This is a brilliant invention from South America which consists of warmed milk with a chocolate ...
Misty Montevideo
... hill from then on. Being 3:30pm it didn't leave us much time, though we were able to pick up a few small hand painted pictures from a local artist. After taking a few wrong turns down some suspicious looking streets we made our way to the river. Being a wet and windy day the views weren't great but it was refreshing after such a heavy lunch. We then head back to the main walk and to the centre of the city - very busy with people finishing work and tourists all over ...
Montevideo, Uruguay
... the world, learn from them many interesting things about their country, practice language and make new friends on the other side of the globe. Many people who provide accommodation, either travelled in the past, and the others who did not travel or can not, they do so, that the world comes to their house. In Buenos Aires we did not get any couch, because BA is still flooded with thousands of tourists. From Montevideo we got reply from Claudio, who offered ...