Montevideo Uruguay Beaches

... Rio. We should have at least one opportunity to see the views from Corcovado and the Christ the Redeemer statue! After a week of the beaches in Rio - we will meet up with Jeanie, Monroe, Roseann and Glen along with some other new faces - and we are off ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... country of Uruguay, sandwiched between Argentina and Brazil. Took a ferry boat from Buenos Aires to the capital city of Montevideo. I did not care much for Montevideo. Maybe I was not there enough to appreciate it, but coming from Buenos Aires, ...

After a plane trip via Buenos Aires, we touched down in Montevideo, Uruguay. Thankfully, the temperature is down the scale and so is the humidity meaning that my shirt does not stick to my back after five minutes walking. It certainly feels fresher. ...

... , and old old cars everywhere--seems as if the town is Back to the Future with an Uruguayan theme. Rating = A+ Montevideo, Uruguay = delipidated city-state, where all that is old is also under disrepair. Kinda glum...kinda disappointing. Some ...

"That sounds like Tango music!" I exclaimed as we neared a park in the centre of Montevideo, Uruguay. The sound of it was very fresh in our heads as it was only the previous night we had been to a tango show in Buenos Aries. Sure enough as we got ...

Tuesday, Feb. 9th 2010 Montevideo, Uruguay Our day in Montevideo was somewhat reminiscent of the day we spent here in 2006. We went to the Casa Mario, a leather shop, on the shuttle bus provided by this store. After glancing around we made our way the ...

Montevideo, Uruguay's capital city is a 2 and a half hour bus ride from Colonia del Sacramento. Firstly the positives......the bus journey flies by as not only are the seats very comfortable, but there's ample leg room and free wifi!! Boris take ...

... was again running through my veins. After much confusion, almost missing our connection flight, and high stress, we arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay.  Our first impressions were very good.  The airport is nice and clean, and not too many ...

After catching a 2 hour bus ride, we arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay´s capital city. As far as capitals go, I think this has got to be as chilled as they get. After checking in, we went for a wonder through the streets (nothing much ...

... ; We walked up the sea wall and then around the port and into the historic centre.  Unfortuately we were really disapointed by Montevideo.  In Greg's words, "this place is kind of a dump."  | think the weather had something to do with that ...

... seat, red wine and movies) we arrived back in Buenos Aires and headed off to the port to get a ferry and another bus to Montevideo for a couple of nights. We were hoping to get a stamp for Uraguay but apparently they don't bother when on the ferries and ...

It was a quick one hour ferry ride from Buenos Aires to Uruguay, then a two and a half hour coach transfer to Montevideo. Montevideo is the capital and largest city of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay. The National Institute of Statistics ...

Montevideo For the last few days Sylvia and I have been laying low in Montevideo... Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay and is located on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. It's very laid back for a capital city and there are miles of ocean front here ...

... were discovering in Uruguay, after coming from Argentina, prices are high, our plan was to stay in Montevideo for 1 night before heading eastwards to the beaches (Uruguay has some great beaches along its Eastern coast), we were heading first to the town ...

... days later we headed down the coast to a town called la Paloma, slightly busier, but with endless sandy beaches. We then headed back to Montevideo for one last evening with Roberto and another of Alyssa's friend's Natalie (and company), and said ...

... to teach.  He started off in Chile, quit that job, worked on a few farms in Northern Argentina, went to Montevideo (the capital of Uruguay) to get his camera fixed, and still hasn't left 3 months later.  He has absolutely no plans to return to ...

... la Plata. We booked our ferry tickets through the very efficient Buquebus company which also had a connecting bus onto Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo. 5 hours later we arrived in Montevideo. At the bus station we had an unfortunate run in with some ...

... . Oh well, we only have a few weeks left and we have decided to regard this time as a holiday, rather than travel. We like Montevideo, it has a nice atmosphere and people are friendly. However, it looks like it is in need of a major spruce up as many of ...