 | Doubt
2007-09-19, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: sauntering | | Thanks to our magnanimous taxi driver, we were able to lug our heavy suitcases up three flights of stairs into our hostel. Why they termed this place The Red Hostel, I have little idea. There don't ... |
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 | Anticipation and Arrival
2007-09-18, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: sauntering | | While traveling is most always a powerful experience - my eyes open, my horizons broaden, my strength is tested to the quick - transportation is needlessly, pointlessly hellish.
This day is no exce... |
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 | 'Sushi' decided to move on....
2006-10-04, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: lyndz | | Hiya campers,
Yep, that´s right, we have left the Argie´s to it, and the 25 sushi establishments we had the pleasure of experiencing, and are now in Montevideo in Uruguay back on the Steak. Well I... |
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 | Uruguay Is Cool
2006-02-20, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: mala | | As far as life plans go, I never saw Uruguay coming. Remember the scene in Wayne´s World where they are blue screened in front of post cards for exotic locations like Hawaii. Then Deleware comes up be... |
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 | Day 2 - Montevideo to Rio de Janeiro
2005-07-02, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Last night I slept horribly. I went to bed rather late (as usual I underestimated the time it would take me to pack), couldn´t fall asleep because of the screaming neighbours and then woke up every ha... |
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 | Day 1 - "Sightseeing" in Montevideo
2005-07-01, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Yesterday was my last day at word and I said goodbye to all my colleagues. As nice as they were to me, I don´t think that I will miss working at the Chamber too much.
So today I had time to show Al... |
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 | Costume Party
2005-06-24, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | My friend Rocío celebrated her 26th birthday with a costume party. And I went as Frankenstein´s Bride. We had Batgirls, Flowers, Doctors, Nurses, Monsters, Pippi Longstockings, Hippies, Little Red Rid... |
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 | Good-bye lunch
2005-06-23, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Last wednesday the Chamber gave a farewell lunch for Vera and me. Here are the pictures: |
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 | The frist 100 days of the new government
2005-06-22, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | This wednesday I had my first official function at the Chamber of Commerce - together with the Swiss Chamber we organised a Business Club at the German Embassy. That was the first time I actually saw... |
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 | No more blondes!
2005-06-20, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | At least not for a while. Yes, I did it, I dyed my hair back to brown. I was getting sick and tired of dark roots and orangy tings. And dying your hair at the hairdresser (including shampoo and blow-d... |
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| Footy
2005-06-17, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Football (Soccer) is the most popular sport in Uruguay, and it´s a shame that their success doesn´t equal their enthusiasm. Almost every suburb has there own football tea, but the only ones playing in... |
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| 5000-Visitors-Entry
2005-06-13, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Wooohooo! I have just reached the 5000 visitor´s mark and I´m very excited about it. It shows me that there´s lots of people out there who care about mme and my adventures (even though many clicks pro... |
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| Day 12 - Home again!
2005-05-29, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | At 9am, after about 6000 km, 110 hours spent on various busses, trains and trucks, 8 new stamps in my passport and 4 border crossings I arrived back "home" in Montevideo.
The city welcomed me with ... |
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 | Montevideo at last
2005-04-01, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: richardxau | | At Sydney, an inspector examined my boots and bent them but did not pay much attention despite the fact that they smelt of super glue from my repairing them that morning.
The trip from Sydney to La... |
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| Day 1 - Montevideo to Córdoba
2005-05-18, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | I´ve just boarded the bust. So far I´m not too impressed with it. It´s a semi-cama bus, which means that it´s a little better than the regular busses - heaps of legroom, the seats are reclining furthe... |
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| Elections once again...
2005-05-08, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | ...this time the municipal ones. They usually take place 6 months after the presidential elections, and they are thought to be as important as to even postpone Mother´s Day because of them. (In Urugua... |
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| And another typical Montevideo-thing
2005-05-15, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Amont the things that characterize Montevideo are the ferias. They´re weekly markets - on the majority of them you can buy (very cheap and rather good) fruit and veggies, some -like Parque Rodó- are f... |
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| Leaving soon!
2005-05-17, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | I just wanted to tell you that soon I´m off for my first trip to Argentina. I´m leaving tomorrow after work for Córdoba, then onwards to Salta the next day, where I will cath the famous "Train to to C... |
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 | The New Government
2005-03-01, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Hi everybody,
today all the shops and offices were closed (including mine, which means that my first day at work didn´t take place), and all the people were in the streets. The reason for this was ... |
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| Just a bit of local custom
2005-04-29, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Today is the 29th of april, and as on every 29th of the month, it´s a tradition to eat Gnocchi. Ñoqui, as they are known here, are the usual potatoe gnocchi you can get at the supermarket - my guess i... |
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| Winter fast approaching
2005-04-27, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | No kidding - it´s been getting awfully cold here awfully fast. While last saturday I could still go to the beach (though I wasn´t brave neough to swin, I just put my toes in the water), three days lat... |
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 | Saturday at the Markets
2005-04-02, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | This saturday - after spending the morning officiously studying for my bar exam at the Nnational Library - I went to have lunch with Jutta at the Mercado del Puerto. This market is one of the four hig... |
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 | Tango in Montevideo
2005-03-28, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | I think I still owe you a report on the Tango Gala I went to see on Monday. It was actually a celebration for the 14th anniversary of the Mercosur, the South American Common Market that consists of Ar... |
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| Movin´, movin´, movin´
2005-04-01, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Yesterday I finally moved in to my permanent residence - well, as permanent as a residence can be with a total stay of four months. Before I had been living in the Hotel Solís in downtown Montevideo f... |
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 | I´ve arrived!
2005-02-24, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: katalin | | Hi everybody, I just wanted to let all of you know that I´m on the road again. This time I¨m in South America, working 4 months for the German chamber of commerce. I¨ve just arrived and have my first ... |
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 | First tango in Montevideo
2004-10-23, Montevideo, Uruguay. By: snutbrown | | Here we are again. It´s been a busy few days so we hope you´re sitting comfortably! On Wednesday, we ventured to the bus station to buy our bus tickets to San Martin de los Andes for next Wednesday (a... |
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