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Last Friday the UruguayLiving staff and dates went to a Nostalgia Night (La Noche de Nostaligia) at a party center at about Kilometer 13 on Ruta 5–it was hosted by one of the major hotels and cost US$50 per person. Considering the price, the provider and the location, everything should have been first class… WRONG!
If you are like me, the internet based communications service know as Skype is one of the key means by which you stay in touch with the world. Of course, because I am the kind of guy who wears a belt and braces (suspenders to Yankees), I also have Vonage VoIP phone service, BroadVoice VoIP [...]
One of the things that seems to amaze many of the Uruguayos I meet is that I left Costa Rica to come here. After all, doesn’t Costa Rica have better weather? Isn’t it a world famous Expat haven where more than 100,000 gringos have found a home? How could anyone leave there for here? Easy! [...]
Just a over two weeks ago we had the coldest weather on record in Uruguay—in some places it was -6C (20F). Prior to that, the lowest recorded temperature was -3C (25F). Either way, both are a serious departure from the average low in July or August of 6C (43F). Last night the weather was horrid—it [...]
I was just reading about the Winter weather here in a book some fool wrote about living in Uruguay. I was particularly struck by this quote: The warm days go up to the mid 70s, but now the cold nights can go down to around 40, or even lower on occasion. The fool was me, [...]
After this Friday my new address will be: El Gringo Gordo con Dos Bastones, Villa Mucho Dinero, Calle de Oro, Cabo Polonio, Rocha. (The fat Gringo with 2 canes, Big Money Villa, Golden Street, Cabo Polonio—way the heck out past Punta). I made so much money from these websites that I am retiring. After a [...]
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