Uruguay 2018

Here is the main page covering our 6-month stay in Montevideo, Uruguay, plus a slide show of pictures at the end. Our intention was not only to visit the country itself, but to use it as a base for exploring Patagonia and other interesting sites in Chile and Argentina.

For journal postings from Uruguay, CLICK HERE.

We had time to explore quite a bit of Montevideo and enjoy its lifestyle. Our first trip outside the city was full of natural – and other – delights…

• Humedales de Santa Lucia
• Colonia del Sacramento, UNESCO designated city
• Cerros de San Juan winery
• Fray Bentos and UNESCO designated El Anglo meat processing plant
• San Javier and wetlands of Esteros de Farrapos, on Rio Uruguay
• San Gregorio de Polanco and Paso de los Toros on Rio Negro
• Durazno

Our second excursion took us up the eastern coast and north of the country.

• Piriapolis
• Maldonado (including puppet museum and Uriburi collection of art) plus Punta del Este
• Jose Ignacio and Laguna Garzon
• Laguna de la Rocha
• La Paloma, La Aguada, La Pedrera
• Cabo Polonio
• Aguas Dulces
• Forts of Santa Teresa and San Miguel
• Chuy/Chui at Brazil border
• Treinta y Tres and the Quebrada de los cuervos (Raven Canyon) at Estancia Pinos de la Quebrada
• Minas

You can browse the map below for where we’ve been in Uruguay (and posted an article). Click a pushpin to find the posted articles from the marked locations.

SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.