Category: Uruguay

Montevideo Carnival

  The call of African drums starts this Carnival which lasts for 40 days. The first day is Parade of the calls day which went on throughout the night known as desfile de las LLamadas. The calls derive from the days of the black slaves when they would meet to celebrate or deal with social […]

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Colonia Suiza

  Uruguay is a Guarani Indian word which means river of birds. It has the most amazing bird life from noisy green parrots nesting in the trees chattering away and eating all the plant life to the beautiful but elusive red crested Cardinal, the many yellow bellied varieties which flashed past me and the tiny […]

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Colonia de Sacramento

  Pink, green, orange, yellow and rust coloured Colonial style houses, tree lined cobbled streets, Bougainvillea hanging over white washed walls and a feeling of peace and quiet after the hustle and bustle of Buenos Aires. The first thing we saw as we got off the bus was a vintage car with shrubs and cactus […]

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