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Published: November 30th 2015
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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 a really nice time. Colonia is a quaint little photogenic village. Montevideo is a large city with quite some history and Punta del Este a posh beach town (one downside: Donald Trump is building a luxury apartment tower). Funny detail: we did a guided tour in Montevideo and our guide was called Manyana (her second name, but still)!
Apparently, I'm not the only one in the world with a 'crazy' mum... :-)
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Gabi
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Nice! I didn't know these curiosities... You forgot to mention Mujica, are you a fan already? I've been in Colonia (only), for a day trip and loved it. I don't know if it changed, but the water in BsAs has a strange flavor, but in Uruguay is good. Stupid comment, hahah... I just remembered it because I used this day trip to drink much water as possible... =]