Uruguay: So Hot, It's Smokin'

Chris and I arrived to Montevideo yesterday morning on time and ready to go. Actually, we were pretty tired because our flight left Asuncion at 5:40AM. We flew TAM airlines again and were again greeted with hot free food, free drinks, and pretty stewardesses. If you ever need to fly local carriers near Brazil, I’d go with TAM.

We had a stopover in Buenos Aires and were greeted with some heinous smoke. Farmers were setting fires to clear fields and the flames got out of control on Friday and totally messed up most of Buenos Aires. We were feeling very smug that we missed the smoke but in the afternoon, the winds shifted and Montevideo got nailed. So we spent most of yesterday hiding indoors from the smoke.

Montevideo seems like an OK place. We are in the downtown area and it’s a little rundown in some spots, but nothing horrible. The town is close to the ocean and we hope to take a bus to some of the beach resorts later in the week.

We have some time to kill before we fly out of Buenos Aires for Peru on May 3rd so we’re just seeing what comes up. This blog would be longer but we’re at a café and I need to stuff my face with a waffle with dulce de leche (basically sugary/buttery carmel warmed up).