Uruguay - Travels And Twins

Colonia del Sacramento and Nueva Helvecia

author2020-03-07T20:45:18+00:0028 December 2019|

After visiting Punta del Este and relaxing on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, we decided to go searching for a genuine colonial colour that we missed in Montevideo so much. We heard a lot about a special place called Colonia del Sacramento, which is probably even more famous than Montevideo. We wanted to see this small old town with [...]

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Punta del Este

author2019-12-11T18:17:25+00:0015 December 2019|

Montevideo is a city with nice beaches, but the water there is dirty, which makes it totally unfit for bathing and water amusements. We started to miss classic seaside holidays, so we decided to go to Punta del Este, the [...]

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Montevideo. Part 3

author2020-05-05T15:41:05+00:0010 December 2019|

Carnivals in Uruguay We arrived in Montevideo right in the heat of the carnival that is, by the way, the longest one in the world and lasts 45 days. First street performances started to be organized in the country in [...]

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Montevideo. Part 2

author2019-11-29T23:42:04+00:005 December 2019|

Montevideo Beaches Montevideo is located near the place where the La Plata River flows into the ocean. A beach line of over 20 km stretches along the estuary. The nearest beach was just a five-minute walk from our house, so [...]

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Montevideo. Part1

author2019-11-29T23:40:08+00:0029 November 2019|

It was still warm in Buenos Aires, but winter was coming, bringing the first cold days in early February, so we decided to go further. The capital of Uruguay was chosen for a reason. Travelling around Malaysia, we noticed that [...]

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