Last week, we went on our first 'side trip' and visited Colonia, a UNESCO world heritage site, Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay. I have to admit, I didn't know a lot about Argentina's tiny neighbour, but we do now. For instance, did you know that: - Uruguay is 4 times as big as The Netherlands - Uruguay has 3 million inhabitants and 12 million cows - After the economic crisis in 2002, 25% of all Uruguayans (1 million) moved to live outside of Uruguay - Uruguay has the largest consumption of whiskey outside of Ireland and Scotland - In 2013, soft drugs, gay marriage and abortion were legalised in Uruguay, all in the same year - Uruguayans love tourists - they wonder why anyone would want to visit their country... We actually did have
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