Getting Around
Uruguay is Green Bus ride to Salto
If I were a cow, the only place I would want to live would be Uruguay. Much like Arabs love their desert and sailors love their ocean, cows have to love this country. Those of us going to Salto on Monday, and there aren't many of us, board the bus at...
Race Cars in Punta Del Este Formula E road race
The noise draws you. With stands visible, and walls keeping people out, this spectacle is a city road race. There are cameras and cameramen strategically placed and, in retrospect, the best way to see the race is to see it on television. Despite...
Walking the Plank Walking the plank
The Rambla is a good place to walk. On this morning's jaunt, I come across a table and chairs out in the surf. The narrow path out to a concrete table and concrete chairs, in the midst of waves, turns into temptation. Making sure my Passport...
On the Way to Punta Del Este Good Ride
It costs me six dollars to go by taxi from Ciudad Vieja in Montevideo to the Tres Cruces bus terminal in Montevideo, and only eleven dollars to ride a brand new air conditioned bus from Tres Cruces to Punta Del Este, one way, an hour and a half...
Car Accident on the Rambla/Montevideo Everyone was okay
There are car wrecks every minute, somewhere in the world. This is the first one that almost hits me. Taking a walk down the Rambla, this accident happens on the roadway at a spot I just passed. I hear braking,turn, and watch a white delivery van moving...
Tourista Sightseeing Bus/Port of Montevideo Dot to dot travel
There aren't many bargains for the traveler but one is sightseeing buses you find in large South American cities. These double deck buses run routes through the city like a regular bus but they stop at multiple tourist destinations where you can exit and...
South Beach/ Art Deco South Beach Art Deco
Catching a taxi to the beach is the quickest way to get there from the Hotel Element. For thirty bucks each way, I get a local taxi drivers music, pictures of his familia swinging from the rear view mirror, a few questions in Spanish to see if i speak...
Delayed Inauspicious beginnings
Even the best plans of men go awry and the best planned trips get caught in rough currents. Boarding my plane in Albuquerque, all things are possible. I am scheduled to fly from Albuquerque to Dallas, Dallas to Miami, Miami to Montevideo, Uruguay.There...
Leaving Albuquerque Security everywhere but do they keep us safe?
At the Albuquerque International Sun Port I ride two escalators, get my boarding pass, check my baggage, then get processed by airport security. Channeled down a long winding roped off aisle with cutbacks, my airline ticket is initialed with a black ball...
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