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Home Rental and Real Estate Decoder
2007-04-20 19:01:00 If you are looking to rent a home in Uruguay, keep in mind that a lot of the research or “shopping” can be done online. There are many real estate portals and real estate companies with very informative sites. The best of them however are in Spanish and are laden with Real Estate ... More About: Real Estate , Rental , Home , Code
Squatters
2007-04-18 16:00:00 Land occupation in Uruguay has increased dramatically in the last decade. The slowness of the judicial system and the severe economic crisis the country went through after 2002 made land invasion more common in certain areas. Even in high profile balnearios such as Punta del Este, a few very visible asentamientos (settlements) can ... More About: Economy , Real Estate , Crime , Squat , Quat
Life is a Beach
2007-04-16 18:40:00 Uruguay has over 500 km of beaches, 220 of which are on the Atlantic Ocean. When you look at a map, you?ll see that up to Punta del Este all beaches face an ever widening river, the Rio de la Plata. Because of this, towards the west the water has a brownish tinge ... More About: Life , Beach
Punta del Este
2007-04-15 01:30:00 I must start by warning that in one post one cannot possibly capture more than a fraction of what Punt a del Este is. Punta del Este is the primary summer vacation destination of the jet set, wealthy people and wannabees from Argentina, Brazil, and to a lesser extent, Europe and North America. The ... More About: Punta Del Este
Mate
2007-04-12 20:43:00 Sooner of later, any blog about Uruguay must talk about mate. Although I am not Uruguayan, I grew up in Southern Brazil where the mate culture is strong and where mate drinkers abound. In spite of being very familiar with the custom, the extent of the mate culture in Uruguay surprises even Argentinian and ... More About: Mate
Uruguay Dreaming Forum
2007-04-11 21:43:00 I would like to invite you to join the Uruguay Dream ing Forum . I hope it will serve as a lively exchange of information about life in Uruguay. This forum is NOT for commercial purposes, so there are no ads, pop ups or other booby traps. It has no affiliation with organizations ... More About: Dreaming , Ming
Water and Sewer
2007-04-09 17:29:00 In Uruguay, the water service is handled by a State Company, Obras Sanitarias del Estado. OSE serves 98% of the Uruguayan population and supplies treated water to virtually every town and village. Because of this impressive coverage, Uruguay was the only country in South America not to suffer in the Cholera epidemic of 1991-2000. More About: Water
Home Sweet Home?
2007-04-08 00:00:00 So you are interested in buying real estate in Uruguay? You have been hearing that it is a bargain and you are wondering whether you will miss out on this great opportunity. Well, there are a few things you should think about first. But before I start flailing my arms like the ... More About: Home , Sweet , Home Sweet Home , Gathering
Mary Jane Says High
2007-04-06 01:24:00 Uruguay has an unusual position regarding marijuana: smoking it is not a crime, but buying, selling and growing is. The current law states that if an individual is caught with an amount deemed for personal consumption it is considered a fault, not a crime. The law is vague and leaves it to a ... More About: Mary , High , Jane , Mary Jane
Say Cheese
2007-04-04 19:48:00 Last time I was in Uruguay I meant to conduct a broad tasting of Uruguayan cheeses, but ran into some problems. Unfortunately, I didn’t do any prep work and ended up a little confused. As a result I didn’t get to complete my mission the way I had intended. The things that got ... More About: Cheese
Mucamas, Cocineras, Niñeras y Limpiadoras
2007-04-02 19:39:00 If you are planning to live in Uruguay, sooner or later you?ll yield to the temptation of hiring household help (empleadas domésticas). This is totally understandable, after all it is much more affordable than in Europe or North America. However this is not a thing to get into lightly and there are many factors ... More About: Cine , Nine , Dora
Note to My Readers
2007-03-31 16:50:00 First of all, thank you for taking the time to read my ramblings about Uruguay. Although this blog is less than two months old, it has already attracted a lot of attention. Viewership has more than quadrupled in the last three weeks and has been increasing daily. This increase in traffic is partly due to ... More About: Readers , Reader , Note , Read
El Afilador
2007-03-29 15:59:00 Last January, I was strolling down Avenida Arocena in Carrasco when I heard a whistle tune that sounded very familiar. I thought it reminded me of the melody knife sharpeners played in Brazil when I was little. However, I was certain this craft had disappeared decades ago. I turned around and to ... More About: Fila
Cost of Living in Uruguay
2007-03-27 12:40:00 Have you been hearing that life in Uruguay is inexpensive? Are you itching to sell your house and bolt for the Airport? Hold your horses. The truth is, life in Uruguay can be fairly inexpensive or can be nearly as expensive as in North America. It will depend on your life-style. For example, ... More About: Living , Cost , Cost of living , Ving
Dulce de Leche
2007-03-25 21:09:00 Dulce de leche is to Uruguay what peanut butter is to the US and vegemite is to Australia. That is, foods people find hard to do without, yet not well known outside their local regions. In Uruguay, dulce de leche is found in so many things and in so many places that it ... More About: Dulce
Pricing, Fees and Change
2007-03-24 17:03:00 Before 1999, the Uruguayan economy was heavily dollarized and it was common to see prices in US dollars and to see it used as a parallel currency. Nowadays however, prices are almost always advertised in Uruguayan Pesos, with the exception perhaps of real estate, motor vehicles, appliances and a few other imported items. The symbol ... More About: Change , Fees , Chang , Chan
Yellow Pages
2007-03-22 20:43:00 Remember the yellow pages? Remember the pre-internet days when it used to be the only way to locate a business or a service provider? Well, in Uruguay you?ll have the chance to relive that experience, because few small businesses have their own web sites. And also because the existing Montevideo web portals fail ... More About: Page , Yellow , Pages , Yell , Yello
Yellow Pages
2007-03-22 20:43:00 Remember the yellow pages? Remember the pre-internet days when it used to be the only way to locate a business or a service provider? Well, in Uruguay you?ll have the chance to relive that experience, because few small businesses have their own web sites. And also because the existing Montevideo web portals fail ... More About: Page , Yellow , Pages , Yell , Yello
Bank Accounts and Money Transfers
2007-03-21 14:51:00 In the past, people flocked to Uruguay to deposit money in Uruguayan banks in order to hide assets. The liberal rules regarding movement of capital, foreign currency accounts and strong banking secrecy laws were very appealing. The Uruguayan secrecy laws are considered more encompassing than those of Switzerland and can only be broken by ... More About: Money , Money Transfer , Transfers , Transfer , Bank
ATMs and Credit Cards
2007-03-19 23:55:00 When traveling abroad one of the first items on my worry list is whether I?ll have direct access to my money via an ATM or if I will need to rely on credit cards and cash. This topic is of particular relevance in Uruguay because a number of businesses do not accept credit cards. ... More About: Credit Cards , Card , Credit , Edit , Credit Card
ATMs and Credit Cards
2007-03-19 23:55:00 When traveling abroad one of the first items on my worry list is whether I?ll have direct access to my money via an ATM or if I will need to rely on credit cards and cash. This topic is of particular relevance in Uruguay because a number of businesses do not accept credit cards. ... More About: Credit Cards , Card , Credit , Edit , Credit Card
Easy Come Easy Go
2007-03-19 00:01:00 When researching Uruguay most people immediately notice that the cost of living in Uruguay is significantly lower than that of the US. Interestingly, most people do not realize that this has not always been the case. For example, in 1998 the cost of living in Montevideo was only slightly lower than in the ... More About: Come , Easy , Easy C
Crime and No Punishment
2007-03-16 14:03:00 For a long time, Uruguay has been known as one of the safest destinations in South America. Not too long ago, one could go just about anywhere in Uruguay without ever seeing bars on windows. Violent crimes were extremely rare. The low crime statistics then were perhaps a reflection of small disparity ... More About: Crime , Men , Punishment , Rime , Unis
Biblioteca Nacional
2007-03-14 18:02:00 The Uruguayan Biblioteca Nacional (BN) has a dual role as the guardian of all books and materials published in Uruguay as well as that of a public library. The BN holds about 900,000 volumes, which for South American standards is pretty impressive , especially when you consider that the country has a population of ...
Biblioteca Nacional
2007-03-14 18:02:00 The Uruguayan Biblioteca Nacional (BN) has a dual role as the guardian of all books and materials published in Uruguay as well as that of a public library. The BN holds about 900,000 volumes, which for South American standards is pretty impressive , especially when you consider that the country has a population of ...
Uruguayan Beer
2007-03-14 00:16:00 If you like beer and are headed towards Uruguay , be prepared. The beer is inexpensive but there is little variety to choose from, especially in the interior. The Uruguayan beer market is essentially a monopoly, controlled by QUINSA, which is owned InBev, the world largest beer manufacturer. This same company also ... More About: Beer
Say it with Banners
2007-03-12 21:11:00 If you walk about any neighborhood of Montevideo you will notice banners with some message or another hung across the street. These banners, called pasacalles, are a quirky and inexpensive way to surprise other people and wish them Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, Welcome Home, Congratulations and sometimes just to express one?s opinion. It ... More About: With , Banners , Banner , Anne
Land Owner
More articles from this author:2007-03-11 16:41:00 As of this week, I am a landowner in Uruguay! I bought a 900 sqm beachfront terreno near the border with Brazil. About a year ago, my brother spotted a few good plots on a low-key balneario near the border. Jokingly, he asked me over the phone if I was interested ... More About: Land , Owner 1, 2, 3 |
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