Uruguay Natural: From Coast to Campo
Uruguay isn’t known for big attractions like its more frequented neighbours. ‘Uruguay Natural’ is the country’s national tourism slogan, highlighting its natural assets. Our mission was to find out why. Our desire to get out of the big city and discover the other side of Uruguay led us to its coast. First stop was a … Continue reading
Montevideo, Music, Meat and Maté
Uruguay is dominated with the four M’s: Montevideo (its capital city), music, meat and maté. As we found out neither is more important than the other, but they are all equally as vital to daily life in this proud country. It all starts with Montevideo. We arrived in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, around midday after a … Continue reading
Uruguay by Boat: Tigre to Colonia
Uruguay has always intrigued me as a destination. In Australia we hardly hear anything about this country or its people. So when we heard that it was only an hour’s boat ride away from Argentina, we hopped straight on that ferry… Only we took the more complicated route. To get to Uruguay there are basically … Continue reading
