Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay, as well as its main port. It is located in the southern part of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata, an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of approximately 1.4 million in the city proper and 1.9 million…
The word Uruguay has always had an exotic, charming, cling to it. This morning I read a thought-provoking novel, El libro de los abrazos, by Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano and I thought that it would be time to conclude the blog series about our trip to South America. You can read all the previous posts here >>…
This is part two in our series Destination South America, you will find the first part here: Destination South America – Flights, Transits and Arriving in a New Country When arriving in Montevideo, our first impression of Uruguay was that the cars and buses looked like they were ready for a scrapyard. It was difficult for…
This is our story about visiting South America. We had for a long time been thinking about a trip outside of Europe and when we finally decided to go a bit futher for two weeks we came up with three options. Planning Our Trip to South America The first option was a trip to Malaysia…