Uruguay

As we had a limited amount of time to spend here due to our Christmas plans we had in place, we decided to only travel to Montevideo. Other travellers go to Colonia del Sacramento and Punta del Este which we do want to go to in the future as they seem lovely and different to Montevideo, in a good way.

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Travelling with a boyfriend who eats, lives and breathes football, when you come across the football stadium where the very 1^st World Cup competition was held you have to go to it. This stadium isn’t only for football lovers, it is a cool stadium and you do learn some facts that will make you smile. Also, you can catch a lovely view of the city which is worth the money alone.

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When you don’t have much time to explore a city, the free walking tours come in very handy as the guides take you to the best parts of the city. This walking tour was one of our favourites in South America so I would recommend. We also got to see the changing of the guards at the Parliament building as well. 

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We rented bikes and cycled down La Rambla all the way to the Montevideo sign. This is a lovely cycle along the beach front and if you time it well, you can stop off to watch the sunset at the beach on your way back.

We went back to Buenos Aires in Argentina from Montevideo, which involved getting the bus to Colonia del Sacramento and then hopping on the ferry to Buenos Aires. The border control is at the port before you board the ferry and it is a simple process – it is similar to going through border control in an airport before boarding a plane. As Uruguay and Argentina are very close, it is only an hour on the ferry until you reach land.