Montevideo - Uruguay

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Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay, and thankfully with Uruguay being on a par with Ireland size-wise, its a mere 2 hour bus ride from Colonia. First impressions not great, and we were already deciding to shorten our stay. However found a nice wee guest house in the old town, the weather cooled off a bit and things were looking up. My only knowledge of Montevideo is that its where Nando Parrado (survivor of plane crash in Andes.."Alive"..and author of "Miracle in the Andes") is from here, so I was secretly hoping to bump into my hero somewhere!
A few days was fine, there is a very impressive market by the port where you can tuck into the biggest steaks Ive ever seen and the night life is pretty good!
Tomorrow we leave to go see what Uruguay`s beaches have to offer..

A couple of pics from Plaza de Independencia in Montevideo..


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