Uruguay


Interesting Fact

Montevideo has a ban in restaurants for table salt and salt heavy condiments, like ketchup and mayonnaise in a bid to lower the salt intake of its residents. Almost 40% of the population of Uruguay have hypertension.

Overview

Uruguay is the second smallest country in South America, approximately the size of the US state of Washington.  It’s only land border is with Brazil to the north.  Buenos Aires is approximately 120 miles from Montevideo across the Rio de la Plata River.

With a population of around 3.5 million, Uruguay’s main language is Spanish.  Being in the Southern Hemisphere, the peak of summer is in January, but the country has a generally temperate client year round.

We visited during peak season of January and while things were busy, it was a great time to visit.

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Arrival Information

Uruguay Airport

Montevideo Airport was named after Cesáreo L. Berisso, an Uruguayan aviation pioneer. The airport is also of military use as it hosts an air base of the Uruguayan Air Force.

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We’ve had the opportunity to travel to many places over the past few years.  We’ve traveled to 47 countries and counting on all seven continents.  Over the next two or three months, we’ll be adding detail to the list for all of the places you see below.  Stay tuned.  In the mean time, peruse the list and check out the rest of the site.

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NORTH AMERICA

Canada
United States
Mexico

CARIBBEAN & LATIN AMERICA

Turks & Caicos
Bermuda
Dominican Republic
St Kitts
St Maarten
Grand Cayman
Belize
Costa Rica
Bahamas

ASIA

Japan
Singapore
Cambodia
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
South Korea
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Maldives

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EUROPE

United Kingdom
Iceland
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Denmark
Sweden
France
Greece
Switzerland
Germany
Gibraltar
Belgium
Turkey

MIDDLE EAST

United Arab Emirates
Oman

SOUTH AMERICA

Brazil
Argentina
Chile

AFRICA

Egypt
Tanzania
Morocco

OCEANIA

Australia
New Zealand
Cook Islands

ANTARCTICA

Antarctica

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