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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed
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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (386454)5/16/2009 1:54:22 AM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
Uruguay. Spent a few days there last year. Didn't see much of Montevideo- went east from the airport, but plenty of pleasant places along and near the coast. Very spacious interior - most of that huge population is concentrated in and Montevideo.
Good site for keeping up with U, in ingles:
uruguaydailynews.com
Helpful travel hint #1:
Often the best place to exchange your clownbux is the toll stations located every few miles on some of the major highways (some roads are free, some toll. No time or reason). Thay take up to $100 bill w/o question, and the forex rate is clearly posted as you pull up. It seemed to vary some as you went down the road. As it happened, we were there when the US dollar was tanking against the peso (~20 peso/dollar, April 2008), an unusual condition.
Load up at duty free. They have a generous quota, and excellent Cuban rum (obviously 3rd party info <g>). Good local wine in every supermarket.
Gas is not cheap (~$6/gal at the time), and distances are long. Drivers are reasonably civilized, but I still got nervous around urban intersections.
Plenty of decent broadband. Did meet some US expatriates, including a guy from New Jersey we rented a place from.
You could maybe survive on $500/mo., but overall cost of living appears to be in same ballpark as U.S.
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