A lovely sunny day when we docked in the morning at Montevideo, Uruguay. This port is ideal for a walk to the downtown. We wanted to find one geocache here, as there are very few in South America.
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Apparently there was a geocache here at the dock, but we could not find it
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We quickly learned, by following the ship's crew, where to find the free internet. We headed out towards Avida 18 de Julio to the Plaza Cagancha. Here we would find the divide between the old town and the new town.
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It is all south from here!
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| Apparently pot is legal here. |
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| One of the many vendors |
Charming Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay, standing tall as a contemporary metropolis, hub of commerce and higher education. This exciting port city is undoubtedly a cultural centre for the Uruguayan region, considering the fact that Montevideo constitutes half of Uruguay's population.
Perhaps one of Montevideo's most remarkable attributes is its notably eclectic architecture. The city's diverse range of art deco and colonial style architecture clearly reflects its multicultural history, drawing on Portuguese, Spanish, British, French and Italian influences. Chided Vieja, or Old City is home to some of Montevideo's most stunning colonial architecture and internationally recognized cathedrals, nightclubs, museums and theatres.
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Local architecture
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| Love these doors |
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| The wall between the old city and new city |
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| A trip to Central America and South America is not complete until you see the Bimbo truck |
We had a wonderful day walking the streets, looking in the shops, checking out the vendors and looking for a geocache. Thankfully we did find one outside a restaurant in a rather shady area. It was a quick stop.
Uruguay's specialty wine is Tannat. We managed to find a small shop that sold lots of Argentinian wines as well, so we brought a couple of bottles $6.50 for both. This was our introduction of very cheap, great quality wines. You do not find any Chilean wines in Argentina, or Argentinian wines in Chile. This was a lovely little port town to spend a day.
Thursday was a day at sea with calm seas, warm temperatures and sunny skies.
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