There are three things that are legal (well, one is semi-legal) in Uruguay that you may not be able to do at home: Gambling, Prostitution, and Drugs. With such vice-availability, I began to call Uruguay The Amsterdam of South America.
Extend Uruguay Visa | How To Extend Your Stay in Uruguay Beyond 90 Days
In this article, I will tell you how to extend your stay in Uruguay if you would like to stay for greater than the 90 days that you are allowed when you enter the country. In the article, Uruguay: Visa Requirements, Visa Extensions, and Passport Information, I wrote about how you can simply pay at the airport if you have …
Spanish Pronouns: “LaLeLoSe”, A Simple Explanation
I am going to give you a simple explanation of Spanish Pronouns and when to use “La” vs “Le” vs “Lo” vs “Se”. In fact, it might be too simple so I will also give you resources that make it more complicated. Spanish Pronouns: What Did She Just Say? One of the most difficult things when learning Spanish is understanding …
Uruguay: Visa Requirements, Visa Extensions, and Passport Information
If you want to visit Uruguay for an extended stay of longer than 3 months, read this article to find out what you need to do. I initially planned to visit Uruguay for approximately 4 months. However, when I read the Department of State’s Uruguay page, it said: All United States citizens entering Uruguay for business or pleasure must have …
Living in Uruguay, Arrival
My arrival in Uruguay began fortuitously — with Uma Thurman. Any trip that begins with Uma Thurman begins well. Though I live in San Francisco, I began my journey to Uruguay from LA after staying at my friends Hermosa Beach house for July 4th. On the way to the airport, the taxi was diverted from the main roads because they …
Punta Del Este, Uruguay: Summer on The Gold Coast
Returning to Punta Del Este, after being there during the winter, was like returning to a ghost-town and finding it filled with people laughing, drinking, sunning, and enjoying every moment. The wealthy set from all over South America and the world descend on Punta Del Este immediately after Christmas and the party lasts for a few months.
Cabo Polonio, Uruguay: Serenity Now
When I am asked, “What is your favorite place in Uruguay, the answer invariably is Cabo Polonio.” It’s a little slice of Heaven on Earth. Like Heaven, it is also very difficult to get to-you have to pay attention to what you are doing or you’ll miss it. My friend Vicky and I had decided to rent-a-car in Montevideo because …
Uruguay: Bills, Bidets, and Boundaries
There are 3 main cell phone companies: Ancel, MovieStar, and CTIMovil. Like most South Americans, nobody here makes a phone call. If you receive one, it’s important, or the person is rich and lazy. It’s comparatively expensive to make a phone call. Everyone WhatsApps everything-it’s kind of hassle. It’s not uncommon for someone to say “oh, my phone is out …
Uruguayan Nightlife
I once read, when I traveled to Madrid, Spain many years back, that the Spaniards embrace nightlife unlike any other culture. I believe the exact statement was…”if you think New-Yorkers know night-life, you will quickly realize that the Spaniards know better”. On my first day in Uruguay, after arrival, I ventured out at about 5pm to begin my language learning …
Living In Uruguay–Richard’s Freakonomics
This is an article I wrote about the Freakonomics of Uruguay back in 2007. Some of the observations would no longer be accurate today (like the tattoo one!) ……but some would. Thus, I leave this article about Uruguayan Freakonomics here for a glimpse of the past and perhaps some revelations about the present. I met a girl named Maria the …
Why Choose Uruguay?
“Why Uruguay?” “Uruguay…why Uruguay?” is the most asked question often accompanied by the confounded look of one trying to place Uruguay on their mental map. But the question is the answer.
Punta Del Este, Uruguay In The Off-Season
Punta Del Este, Uruguay is unlike any other beach town in Uruguay. Whereas most beaches in Uruguay are more laid-back and filled with actual Uruguayans, Punta Del Este during the South American summer is the hub of South America’s (and the worlds) elite. My first exposure to Punta Del Este was not in the summer. It was at the end …
Renting a Car (and driving it) in Uruguay
Renting a car in Uruguay is a tremendous way to get around if you intend to see many places in a short amount of time. If you are simply going to one place (like Punta Del Este) for several days, it is better to travel by bus. Bus travel is the most common way to get around for Uruguayans and, …
Summer In Uruguay
If you read about my arrival in Uruguay, you know that I was greeted by warm people and cold weather. This ran counter to all my dim intuition which says travel south, get warmer. Well, thankfully, over time, the weather changes. Even better, the people don’t. I would not like to be a weatherman. Everybody claims to be an expert …
Living In Uruguay: Introduction
Hello and welcome to the Living in Uruguay section of my site. A while back, I decided to take some time away from the corporate workplace and travel to Uruguay, South America. My decision to travel to Uruguay, instead of other South American countries, was as much by chance as anything else (as you can read in my post “Why …
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