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The best lifestyle in the world for the price… This is the journal of The Southron, an American Emigrant from Florida who has spent the last decade living in the West Indies, former Yugoslavia and Costa Rica. He moved to Montevideo, Uruguay at the end of February 2006... |
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This past Saturday was so lovely that Borko and I decided to go for a little drive.
The fact that we had rain driven by intermittent gale force winds did not deter us. After all, we would be snug inside the Land Rover. The fact that there was no sun was a positive bonus […]
After months of waiting, the printed version of “The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay” is finally available online at: http://www.lulu.com/content/579686.
This is a full-sized, 8½ x 11 inch paper back, with color covers and black-and-white inside. Because of its large size is much easier to read than the pocket-sized edition produced locally. The price for […]
Sunday at midnight, Uruguay goes off Summer time. This is the very same day the US goes to Daylight Savings. (European Summer Time does not go into effect until March 25, as I have been informed minutes ago.)What this means is that Uruguay will now be only 1 hour later than New York […]
It may not be a tough as giving birth, but it sure was a lot of work. The file was created on 22 July 2006, at 11:25:02. The last modification was made this morning (I hope). In just a few days less than 100, The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay has […]
Today Uruguay celebrated the effective discovery of America by that intrepid Italian Navigator Christopher Columbus. I remember, when I was a boy, he was a hero. But that was before the forces of political correctness went after him.Thank God there doesn’t seem to be any of that here. Leif Ericson may have found the America’s […]
It seems that in parts of Latin America political correctness flows over into geography and becomes Geographical correctness
I have to share with you to most blatant incidents of geographic ignorance I have ever encountered.
Geographically ignorant Americans
Traveling to Uruguay from Costa Rica via Miami with 2 dogs, 5 suitcases and 2 wheelchairs.
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