It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... though not necessarily in that order. I had really only come to Montevideo to duck into the Brazilian consultate to arrange my visa, but I foolishly hadn't factored in the 'fatneck time premium' one must consider when dealing with bureaucratic pencil pushers and paper shufflers. Thankfully, the visa processing time was only two working days, and not the 'four to six weeks' of the good old Tax Office. There was little to remark of my time in the city, except for the events of one day which started off slow but turned out noteworthy, for good and bad reasons. The city itself is pretty small, so I set off on a walking tour to take in the sights, if there indeed were any
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