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The journal of an Emigrant from Florida who spent almost 5 years in Uruguay... |
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After more than 4 years of living in Uruguay and promoting it to the world as a good place to live and in which to invest, I must now, in all fairness, tell you that things have changed…for the worse. In the last four years I have seen a negative trend that leaves me shaking [...]
Driving in Uruguay can be quite an adventure, especially for the uninitiated. The first thing you must learn is that the lines dividing the lanes are purely ornamental, and that if you insist on trying to stay in the center of what you thought was a lane of traffic, you will be an obstacle to [...]
Early this morning, Uruguay changed from Summer time (UYST) to standard time (UYT). Since it is fall here, we turned our clocks back 1 hour. At the same time we made that change, the US made its spring foward to daylight saving time. The total relative time shift was 2 hours, some Uruguay is now [...]
It is widely published that Uruguay is the least religious country in South America, that less that 2/3 of the people consider themselves Catholic, and that unlike Argentina, in which Roman Catholicism is the State Religion, Uruguay is a secular State. But, I beg to differ; at least in part. Uruguay is not very Catholic, [...]
My nephew arrived for a week’s visit yesterday morning and brought with him my annual resupply of gigantic clothing from my favorite King Size Men’s Store; Omar the Tent Maker. His motto is “if it was big enough for Goliath, it ought to fit you too”. The only problems I have with them is that [...]
I love small businesses! While some can be very bad, many are extremely good, and almost all are distinctive. In the last few weeks I had the opportunity to visit a small business that was so friendly and helpful that I decided to give them a plug here. The business is Meerhoff Optica at the [...]
By now, most everyone knows that in Real Life (if you can call it that) I work in the offshore banking industry. We do no banking in Uruguay–because it is slow, expensive and difficult–but we do have am administration office here. As a normal part of our business we open financial accounts with various institutions [...]
Very early this past Thursday morning I returned home to Uruguay after a 12 day trip to Panama. I had not been there in four years and was interested to compare it to Uruguay since it had been the prime alternative to moving here. Panama was incredible! It was the most dynamic city I have [...]
Despite the fact that Uruguay is the least Christian country in South America, I am amazed at the increase in piety whenever there is a Christian holiday to be celebrated. Its seems that even communists and atheists are converted, at least for the duration of the holiday. To show this piety, the majority of Uruguayans [...]
It has been more than 17 years since I was last covered by health insurance. Because of the brain tumor I had removed in 1990, I was considered “uninsurable”. Providentially for me, I enjoyed decent health until the accidents that crippled me in 1998. By that time I was living outside the United States, so [...]
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