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A word of advice before heading to Montevideo

August 12, 2014

Avoid Montevideo in winter, on Sundays and on non-festive public holidays…. If only we had heard this advice before we arrived on Montevideo on a cold, winter’s Sunday on the day before a public holiday! Uruguay’s capital was a ghost town; all the shops were closed, no one except us were on the streets and … More A word of advice before heading to Montevideo

Colonia del Sacremento

August 10, 2014

Just on the other side of the Río de la Plata from Buenos Aires, is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay, Colonia del Sacremento. Originally founded in 1680 by the Portuguese, control of the city went backwards and forwards between themselves, the Spanish and Brazil before Uruguay finally gained its independence and officially claimed … More Colonia del Sacremento