Montevideo Travel Blogs

Today we had to drive from Colonia to Montevideo, but first we set off in the opposite direction. Steve and I wanted to check out Aarón de Anchorena, a National Park just 30km on the other side of Colonia. As we got near the park it became clear to both of us that we had somehow been transported t…

The two and a half hour drive to Montevideo from Punta Ballena was just so pleasant. The sun was out and the sky was just this perfect shade of blue. Hardly any cloud. We rented a car in Punta del Este. My first time to go around by a rental car. I usually travel alone but this time round was able …

So, it's a good job that the archatecture ( that really doesn't look right, but oh well I'm too old for spelling bees anyway !!!! ) of this city isn't up to B.A's standard because if you take your eyes off the pavement for more than a few seconds you're likely to step into a steaming mound of doggy…

Things in Montevideo are coming to a close. Yesterday, I bought my bus ticket to Santa Fe, Argentina (an arbitrary choice influenced by the bus schedule rather than any particular knowledge of the place) and today, I had my last Spanish class. I have mixed feelings about leaving Montevideo. On one…

Uruguay is one of the most exciting country I've ever been. I had a great time there with some Uruguayan friends, like Flor, Malena, Nicolas, Sofia, Alvaro and the Swede girls Sao-Mai and Monica! I'm Missing everything...

M - Miss this city if possible, the town planner deserves to be shot! McDonalds reigns supreme here! O - Obessed with statues especially ones depicting rather funny looking horses N - Noted for its port facilities, pity only ships can berth on high tide.... T - Theatre (open air), one of the few…

I LOVE Uruguayans!!!! They're AWESOME people and probably the nicest amongst all our encounters thus far!!! From the very start, we've met such wonderful people, and so obviously it didn't stop in Montevideo! In this comparably tiny capital, we had the pleasure of being hosted by German and his fo…

Thanks for my roommate telling the eclipse last night. Many travellers and I went to roof of the hostel to watch the amazing scene. Of coz, I took a lot of pictures using my 30D, but not so good. The process of eclipse was slow. It took around more than an hour. Really enjoy! This morning I w…

I took an early bus from Colonia over to Montevideo from the bus station. Buses go really regularly with a few companies so there was no trouble with timings. I was disappointed with Montevideo after the beautiful Colonia. I arrived at lunch time with a friend so we went to find some where to eat …

We didn't spend a lot of time in Montevideo but when we were in town I was wishing we hadn't signed up for the wine tour so we could spend more time exploring.  The Plaza Independencia is a beautiful plaza surrounded by picturesque colonial as well as modern buildings.  The Legislative Pa…

Yesterday I crossed the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires to Colonia in Uruguay. Not wishing to waste a day in a town that can be seen in 5 minutes, I decided to push straight onto Montevideo and get some much needed sleep in a nicer hostel than was on offer in Colonia. The Red Hostel in Mont…

Monte video is small but it's history is one of many wars and political conflicts; The aboriginal people faught the spanish, later the spanish faught the protugese and after independence internal struggels devastated the country. Recently Uruguay is recovering from years of political violence which…

Buenos Aires and Uruguay June 18, 2008 Edit Entry Add Photos Add Videos Delete Entry On the 11th June we got up at 3.45am to catch our flight for 7am to go to Buenos Aires.  We were very tired!  The flight was really good as we were on a jumbo and there was hardly any seat…

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Clean and fun crowd hostel, wild pubcrawl in Buenos Aires. Then fly to Uruguay for two nights. Driving around the costal road from Montevideo to Punta Del Este, where jetsetters from Argentina and Brazil come in for summer months and party, party, party. Punta del Este is like a glamorous resort with impressive modern high rise hotels and appartment blocks right on the beach front.