I bet, reader, that you probably dont know a huge amount about Uruguay... It is a relatively small, but affluent country on the Atlantic coast, nestled in between Brazil and Argentina. It´s mainly agricultural, and produces huge amounts of wheat and beef.. Fray Bentos is actually the name of a cow town here! It was also a banking and touism centre for rich argentinians, until the Argy currency crashed a few years back. Still, it is pleasant, without being spectacular, and with good roads, clean hotels, and great food all costing not a lot, a really nice place to travel through. We arrived on a windy morning on an overnight bus from southern Brazil, at a place called Punta Del Este. Now this place, basically is the Monte Carlo of south america.. A mixture of high
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