Lafayette Montevideo
Soriano 1170 Montevideo, 11100, Uruguay
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Carne y Carnaval in Uruguay
Els writes:
So on Tuesday, 9th February we present ourselves at the gleaming Buquebus ferry terminal for our one and a half hour trip from Buenos Aires to Colonia in Uruguay. (Note – the locals pronounce it 'ooroowhy'). The A/C on board is so ferocious that I am blue with cold by the time we arrive. I make a mental note to wear my …
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One of our favorite cities.
A beautiful Portuguese colonial city settled in 1680. Strolling through Prado Park, we found an antique flea market. Everything here is old but stately and well kept. We visited a museum at the College of the Arts (Universidad del Trabajo del Uruguay) and the National History Museum. Our husbands decided to go back to the ship ...
Leaving Brazil On A High
... forced to take a expensive transfer into the city. We skype called our Montevieo posada and Brendan did a great job using half Spanish and half English but we hung up still not totally convinced that a taxi would be waiting for us when we arrived. With nothing else we could do we went to the airport and caught our Pluna flight which went off without a hitch. We were very relieved when we saw a smiling man holding a sign with our names on ...
Sex, Drugs and Peñarol
... into by a dodgy-looking and overly friendly Lithuanian who was in town 'to check upon business.’ My initial thoughts were drug-dealer, but his matey charms lead me to conclude that he was in the kidney selling business.
To keep up with Uruguayan culture we took in 1st v 2nd in the Premiership. Flags, flares and cocaine snorting in the stands – standard for South ...
Uruguay....its inbetween Brazil and Argentina!
... never have been able to otherwise, like a sweet flavoured black pudding, which was actually awesome! We were also taken to a local Milonga, which is where locals go to dance Tango until the early hours. It was really good to watch, but everyone was so good we didn´t feel that we could show off the one step we had learnt at our Tango class!!
We were then planning on saying goodbye to ...



