OK…a blog entry about Uruguay. (gasp!) One of the (first) interesting things that a newcomer notices when they arrive in Montevideo are the horsedrawn garbage carts doing battle with peugots, fiats, citroen’s, city buses and large trucks in downtown city traffic. My first evening in Montevideo, staying at a hotel on one of the busier [Continue]

Wind whipped through fuBarrio’s sundrenched highlights. His tanned face accentuated the impossible whiteness of his perfect smile as he steered his 40 ft Chris Craft Stinger with himself and Golden Lotus across the wake of a passing cruise ship. The boat lept majestically in the air repeatedly crashing down and sending [Continue]

It’s “desk clearing” time! All the photos I wasn’t able to post while traveling I’ll try to get posted in the next couple of days. This picture was actually taken a couple of weeks ago after a relatively violent windstorm here in Montevideo. The oak tree in question (outside my home at the time) had caught a [Continue]

Ok…. Probably the number one request from all my loyal readers (other than, “take down that “fugly” profile picture of yourself and put up some more of Golden Lotus”) has been my take on the real estate market in Uruguay. Since I know very little about Uruguay outside of Montevideo, I will confine my comments to the [Continue]