Uruguay

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Montevideo and Punta del Este

When we were in Uruguay it wasn´t as warm as we thought it would be. We spent three nights in Montevideo and two nights in the beach resort town of Punta del Este. Uruguay is very developed and Montevideo had the most commercial bus station we have ever seen...........it was like a shopping mall. Actually, maybe it was a shopping mall.

Uruguay is small and only has a population of about 3.5 million people (1 million being in Montevideo). It is also known for their steak, and we saw lots of ranch land on our way into town. I also saw someone riding a horse with a cowboy hat, hearding some cattle..........like in a western movie or something.

We took a surf lesson while at the beach in Punta. We also tried to explore, but the area is quite deserted until the summer months of January and February, so it felt a little bit like a ghost town.

Next, we took a very long bus ride from Montevideo to Florianopolis (BRAZIL).

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