Beach soccer, or futbol, is extremely popular in Uruguay…especially on Pocitos beach. Wide, white-sand beaches that are relatively flat have several permanent goal posts setup up to facilitate the action. While these fields, and Pocitos beach in general have been empty the last couple of months, recent daytime sunshine has brought out the [Continue]
In a “city” of 1.4 million, this is what passes for “twin towers”. The first time someone gave me walking directions to “Montevideo Shopping” (on of the malls) and told me to just walk towards the “twin towers” I got lost in the neighborhoods. These things don’t exactly loom over everything [Continue]
Electricy is not cheap and western style dryers are rare here. Many apartments in Uruguay have small rooms off to the side of the kitchen that often house a small washing machine and an area to hang clothes (to dry). Most of the houses and top floor apartments have roof access for the express purpose [Continue]
This post is going to probably piss a lot of people off, but the truth hurts. The Expats here are Haterz! (If you don’t know what a “hater” is, then you are out of touch. Google it). Our first 4 months in Uruguay were spent with ZERO contact with North American expats. In fact, we weren’t [Continue]
Ok, it hasn’t literally been freezing lately, but it has been cold and damp. Today was a very temperate 50 degrees (F) and brought some people out of hibernation. This is a shot at the end of the day of an old school fishing boat and someone getting some running in on the [Continue]
This post could also be known as “The Genius of the Collective”. I know, I know….crazy, huh? FuBarrio spends a lot of time harping on the idiotic behaviour he believe he observes in the herd mentality of people at large. However, it’s time to propose a competing argument in favor of the sheeple. The last couple of [Continue]
Warning: From what I’ve seen….if you have any kind of chronic respiratory problems, you do NOT want to be here for the June through August time period. You WILL catch the flu (unless you have ZERO human contact) and I know a few people who’ve been coughing and hacking for well over a month already. [Continue]
I came home this evening to see that the street to my apartment was blocked off with road cones and they were shooting a commerical on the corner. Sorry the pic isn’t so great. Really didn’t want to stick around until I got a nicely framed/focused shot. ciao, fuBarrio If you enjoyed this post, make sure you [Continue]
i’ve been trying to catch this guy walking these beagles for about 8 months. finally, found him on the street and just went up and asked him to hold still for a minute. not as cool as a “candid” but trying to catch those pooches in focus and in one frame was proving tough. ciao, fuBarrio If you [Continue]
Some pics of Montevideo from July. When you see the sunshine and palm trees and your July is so warm in the northern hemisphere, it can be deceiving. Look closely at the digital thermometer in the third picture down. 2 degrees above freezing (celcius) in the middle of the day. ugh. ciao, fuBarrio If you enjoyed this [Continue]
