Another day, another country

Trip Start Jan 12, 2009
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Trip End Apr 02, 2009


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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Woke up today in another country.  Such has been my life the past couple weeks.  Took another overnight bus - this time from Retiro in BA to Montevideo, Uruguay.  The challenge at Retiro was something else that will be described here soon in more detail.  The most eventful part of the bus ride was when we stopped all of a sudden and wondered why.  It turns out that we were at the border, and the bus attendant collected all of our passports to take to the customs/immigration people (sounds kind of sketchy now that I write this, but at the time, I had just woken up from sleep and didn´t realize exactly what was going on).  He returned a few minutes later with all our passports in hand, and new stamps in them...and then I fell back asleep.

We arrived in Montevideo's bus terminal in the morning, and shopped around for a bus to take us to Colonia tomorrow and a ferry from there to Buenos Aires.. Montevideo
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Uruguay is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in South America, sandwiched in between Argentina and Brazil.   Like its larger neighbours, the country has a rich history in fútbol and was the first to win the World Cup.  The capital, Montevideo, is like a much smaller version of Buenos Aires (with its own uniqueness), one that is quieter and more relaxed, on the other side of the Rio de la Plata...

We´re staying in the Ciudad Vieja, or Old City, surrounded by ocean on three sides.  It's just under a half hour bus ride from the bus terminal.  Most of the city's sites are within walkable distance, the closest being the port, the Museo del Carnaval, and Mercado del Puerto, a market where you can get tons of meat grilled in front of you...

Since we have been basically splurging on food ever since we got into Buenos Aires, perhaps it was apt that we scaled down a bit and had fast food for lunch and dinner (of course, still enjoying some ribs at the Mercado as a merienda)...
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