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Montevideo Carnaval
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 1 February 2012
Carnaval time is just around the corner, and although our budget and timescale doesn’t allow for a jaunt to Brazil, we have another idea. While planning our route from our hostel in Montevideo to the festival in Gualeguaychú in Argentina, we hear about the city’s own event. A fellow traveller tells us that not only [...]
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Finding the Real Uruguay (Two of Uruguay’s best kept secrets)
Blog: On The Road to Find Out - 3 October 2011
I became known as the ‘funny man’ while I was in Uruguay. It was a name that I hadn’t been called since the weekly poker nights I had become a part of in Ecuador. My drunken attempts at trying to bluff every single hand, and yet somehow winning, had been the reason for the moniker [...]
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The Curiosities of Uruguayan Life
Blog: On The Road to Find Out - 2 October 2011
On entering any country there are always a few things that just seem to spring out at you. Why are they doing that? How much does it cost? Are you being serious? In Uruguay these things may seem less severe than in other countries, such as Bolivia and Brazil in South America or further away [...]
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Uruguay’s African Roots
Blog: On The Road to Find Out - 11 November 2010
One of the fascinating aspects of Uruguayan culture is the fact that through colonisation it managed to keep intact customs passed on from the slaves. Candombe is a style of drumming, which also incorporates dance and costumes, that was brought over by African slaves in the early 19th century. It has strong links with drumming [...]
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Day 130: Uruguay on a run
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 20 June 2010
Parillas of Mercado del Puerto in the capital of Uruguay With a couple days to spare, we decided to add a few more passport stamps to our collection and pay Uruguay a whirlwind visit - a day in Colonia del Sacramento and a day in the capital Montevideo. Colonia was well beyond my expectations; perhaps it was my lack of expectations that made this town a pleasant surprise. A small coastal
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Bye Guay
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 3 March 2010
"I've never heard of anyone going to Uruguay. That's a pretty aggressive move." That's what my buddy Sam said to me back in Costa Rica, about a week before I headed south to Montevideo. I definitely felt the same, except that for me it was a bit more of a concern, because I was the one who would be heading off into the unknown. I could not have hoped for a better experience. Having finished my three week stay, I can unequivocally say that I am smitten.
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Uruguay, I'm a guay cinco - Todavía más notas
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 1 March 2010
I've been running around the last few days trying to get in my last fill of fun before I leave for Buenos Aires tomorrow, so I don't have much to report outside of "I did this cool thing and then I did this cool thing." But in the interest of keeping this up to date, I thought I'd check in with a little summary of said cool things.
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Uruguay, I'm a guay cuatro - Más notas
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 25 February 2010
The concert at Teatro Solís turned out to be sold out, so I got tickets for tomorrow's tango performance instead. In the meantime, I thought I'd check in with some general musings and observations about Uruguay, Montevideo, and my time here.
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Marvelous Montevideo, Uruguay
Blog: Travel log and tips for budget travel by backpacking, RV (motorhome) and cruising - 22 February 2010
Trivia - Q. Which is the largest Fresh water lake in the world?
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What I’ve learnt from Montevideo
Blog: On The Road to Find Out - 16 February 2010
Stepping in dog shit is really fucking annoying. It’s not like I’ve been in any place which outlaws pavement poopery for the last 12 months, more just because the dogs in Montevideo are right dirty bastards. Before Montevideo I had not had one stepping in dog business occasion, now I’ve racked up so many promotions [...]
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Co-lo-ni-a, Co-lo-ni-a, You border on the Rio de la Plata
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 15 February 2010
I spent the weekend traveling to Colonia del Sacramento, generally just referred to as Colonia. Colonia is the closest Uruguayan city to Buenos Aires, and is positioned right at the point where the Rio de la Plata starts to open into the ocean, so it was a desireable territory for much of its colonial history. The Portuguese founded Colonia in 1680--the first European settlement in what is now Uruguay. Due to its strategically advantageous location, Colonia spent the next 150 years as a colonial ping pong ball, changing sovereignty as f
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Murga, She Wrote
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 13 February 2010
As I mentioned at the end of my soccer post, last night's excellent adventure also included a trip to a Murga performance. Murga is a Uruguayan style of theater that is performed during Carnaval. The performers consist of a large group of singers--generally a chorus of about 20 people, usually men--and three drummers. One of the singers also jumps out and conducts from time to time. The groups are generally not professional performers, and are usually just a collection of p
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Center holds it. Holds it. Holds it.
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 12 February 2010
Yesterday was one of those days one only really has while traveling in a foreign city. I was originally expecting to write a post about the one incredible thing I had planned. But, as happens sometimes, I stumbled into yet another equally-if-not-more incredible thing, so it looks like it will take two posts to properly address the awesomeness that was my Thursday night in Montevideo.
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Uruguay, I'm a guay
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 11 February 2010
Well, it's 10pm here in Montevideo, and the sky has been dark for about 45 minutes. Time just exists in a different way here, and it's a thing I'm still trying to wrap my mind around. In a place where you eat lunch at 2:30ish, dinner after 10, and where the sun sets around 9, I think the entire thing would make a lot more sense if everyone would just agree that it's two hours earlier than we're claiming. Unfortunately, I seem to be alone in that idea. Seriously, I'm getting up at the exact same time as I was in Costa Rica, but here it's called 4 hours later.
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Heaven and hell
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 29 January 2010
La PedreraOur few days in La Pedrera were unquestionably beautiful and serene. The town is as laid back and lazy as we could have asked for on a beach holiday! There are two beaches to vary the routine - one with waves that had the ability to easily toss us around with their strength (instead we spent most of the time just watching the surfers). The other beach was stocked with people as the surf was much gentler and the swimming was good.
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Travel to Uruguay with New Novel
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 13 January 2010
Great Big Travel Literature Giveaway prize today takes you to Bhutan. See bottom of post for details. First Grand Prize Announced:Everyone who has entered the daily drawing has a chance at one of four grand prizes. The first: a $40 book crammed with information and pictures about the Americas. (Giveaway January 25–3 extra chances if [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library
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Montevideo, the places you'll see.
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 6 May 2009
There are many things to love about Uruguay. For one thing, the capital city is mostly safe, very pedestrian-friendly, pretty easy to get around by foot, bus and taxi (and the taxi drivers are unerringly honest).
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The old man and the river
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 4 May 2009
If I were to post only one picture to represent my recent trip to Montevideo, it would be this one.In the dying light of one of the last days of summer, an old man with long hair comes out to sit on the sea wall (except it's a river wall) along Rio de la Plata, Montevideo Uruguay's waterfront and playground.
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A point of comparison
Blog: Bearshapedsphere - 27 April 2009
I suffer from an inescapable desire to compare this to that. Everywhere I go, I put under the subjective lens that it's taken me all these years to painstakingly construct and send into orbit, like some kind of personal Hubble Telescope, but without blowing the budget quite so much and without such stunning images. (though more than one editor in recent months has asked me if I've thought about seriously pursuing photography, but maybe that's some kind of weird ego-fanning that editors do; if I understood editors, my life would look very different.
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