FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF URUGUAY 🇺🇾 should you visit montevideo? 

my wife and I sold up and moved to an empty beach in Rocha in August 2022 from the Monashee Mountains of BC. Our retirement was decades in the planning, after 15 years in New Zealand and 10 more in Canada. Uruguay was many many years of extended visits we learned early that there are 2 very different Counties, Montevideo and the rest of Uruguay we visit for legal documentation and immigration matters and then very much return to our coast our beach. Permanent residents now as I write, a quiet life blissfully unaware of the world's drama, living our best life in peace and quiet.

Uruguay is where I'll be going for my honeymoon. Best wine, world class cuisine, and a beautiful culture.

I hope you enjoyed Montevideo a lot. As an immigrant living in Uruguay for 2 years, I can tell you that it is a great economically stable country, despite being an expensive country, it is stable both economically and politically. Its architecture and History is very beautiful and interesting. ❤😊

As an Aussie living in uruguay, I really respect the effort and thought that went into this video, it was aesthetic but also clear to follow with helpful information. Good job and buen viajes

Montevideo, this is the first time I have heard the name of this capital.The only thing I know about Uruguay is their national football team because their national football team is quite popular in my country.

Uruguay 🇺🇾🇺🇾 is really one of most fascinating countries in South America coming from the Philippines.

My husband work there😊Great Montevideo! Hug from Croatia🤗

We can't start with Montevideo, generally the south is overflowing, often very dirty, many walls smeared. La Paloma was ok for 1 week outside the tourist time. We have been living in the Tacuarembó for a few months now /North Uruguay- here it is more relaxed, even here there are some dirty corners but rather rare. 6 months as a German immigrant and we feel at home in Uruguay, will buy a house in the new year.

You should go to the beaches of Rocha, or Maldonado. Hope you enjoy the trip 😊

Excellent, enjoy touring South America.

I really enjoyed this video! You are really good at explaining so therefore I learnt a lot😊

Welcome to Uruguay!!

I also took a 10:30 a.m. Colonia Express ferry (about two weeks ago) but I stayed in Colonia. Very charming town. I just didn't have enough time for Montevideo. I'm loving all the Buenos Aires videos! Thanks, Claire.

Thank you for sharing this Uruguay is definitely a place I want to visit.

Muito lindo o vídeo é um pais que ainda não conheço mas que faz parte dos meus planos. Parabéns pelo vídeo😉

wow so beautiful Montevideo !!! best from Oslo

Lovely songs by Claire Hawkins. Greetings from the country in Uruguay. You are welcome. Love your song Pass by towns, crazy harmonies, guitar and chelo. Beautiful ballad.

Glad you liked “el paisito” I left in 1981 to settle in Los Angeles I would go back in a heartbeat if i could ….

Great vid Clare!

I liked the architecture. The steak looked delicious at La Pulperia and great to hear my new favorite song of yours ‘Choosing to Stay’ in the video. How long was the boat/ferry ride? I am enjoying this new series of vids.

Welcome! And very nice song!

Practical information for someone who is going there in six months. Lovely song.

Nice video- you're well spoken, and sing well. I've subscribed.

Good info and vid shots Thank you

When it comes to unknown transportation > definitely better early than even just a tad late 😉 Any Shows on tap by chance on this Tour? Thanks as always for bringing us along 🙏

You should have gone to punta del este the best resort in South América, Rocha, and other cities there are more to visit…

Montevideo looks like an extended version of San Telmo. Btw your videos are always amazing, Claire! 🤍🤍🤍🤍

We don't celebrate family day, we celebrate Christmas

Beautiful!

Yes, it’s a secular country!! 💪👍 Yes, Holly Week is mostly called “Tourism Week”. I’ve never heard of “Family Day” to call Christmas, though. We just call it Navidad, which is Christmas.

Mercado del Puerto, in the Old City, is the best place to Eat something and have a good time! Enjoy!

Ms fine and informative video , voice quality is good , the lovely 🌹 musical song in play back too , from karachi , Pakistan , Thanks .

great video,greetings

Hello, thank you very much for the wonderful video. Would you please tell me how to stay connected with internet for the tourist?

Superb cute looking. I am planning. To go uruguay

TIENES QUE VISIITAR PUNTA DEL ESTE, EL BALNEARIO MAS LUJOSO Y EXCLUSIVO DE SUDAMERICA❗🤔 PUNTA DEL ESTE ES EL PARAISO ❗. SE ENCUENTRA EN EL DEPARTAMENTO DE MADONADO, URUGUAY. SE TRATA DE UNA CIUDAD - BALNEARIO. ❗

Hey, Great details in vlog👌, may i know the device used for recording? Thanks in advance!

Would you compare the cost of living, eating, etc to America? If not, how would you comapre it to the pricing in Columbia?

An interesting capital city.

Yo use el Aliscafo en los 80, wow lindo Uruguay

Tabare was the last Indian check the historic book I had a school. Im 70 years old. That’s is the truth. Proud of my country of birth,always will be.❤l live in Australia now , miss my country and the people.❤❤

Thanks for a nice video! It’s very subjective but after visiting Santiago and Buenos Aires I was quite disappointed with Montevideo.

Gorgeous! Can a couple survive there on 4k monthly?

Thanks for Go to My Country Uruguay 🇺🇾 and my Capital Montevideo … My DAN 💙🇺🇾 … to Day I living in Nj … ( 30 year’s haha )

Christmas is Christmas !!!!!

Ya no existen los buses de Onda?

Enjoy uruguay the best city is punta del este whit beaches to the atlantic ocean dont miss

Why are the flags of Argentina and Uruguay similar?

thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

te gustó munchivireo

Uruguay is often characterized as "laid back". I believe English grammar requires an intransitive verb to describe a state or condition. Perhaps "lain back" (since no one picked it up and laid it down.) However expressed, I don't think that is virtue to people who have come to Uruguay to live and who need attention from civil servants to documentary matters, registrations, licensing and obtaining information or other help. The word "culture" is used almost indiscriminanty to refer to satsfying one's hungers and thirsts. Less often is it used to describe a level of development, excellence or achievement in a scholarly or artistic way. An enthuiasm, as for soccer or tango, is also "culture". In my country, the USA, a foreign accent is often equated with "culture".

Have a nice day Mademoiselle.

estoy enamorado de tu sonrisa eterna🥰

I’m looking for a new country I think I like Uraguay

Hello bat Karn ha you

No offense, but it looked like I saw more of you than I saw Uruguay lol

That story about the natives being practically exterminated and some running away... it is a huge lie spreaded during the left wing government. Many did die but things didn't happen the way they say it happened. It was more of a war than a massacre, and a war which was started by a few natives. Most of the natives then, fought with the government against those chiefs that became rebels and attacked first. I heard a historian, expert in the subject, explain in great detail how things really happened. Supporting his statements he cited documents that can be found in the main Library of Montevideo, and if someone wants to go deeper in their investigation, he also cited documents that are in Spain. He even invited people to investigate by themselves. My conclusion is that all fantasy about history started around 2005, when the left wing became the new government. They spreaded the lie, because it is part of their program of victimism and making people angry with one another, poor against rich, native against white, women against men, heterosexuals against homosexuals, and so on... But don't worry I repeated their lie myself many times too... I should know better... 😇😇😇because I had never heard such a thing during my school years.. well... they supported their own lie saying that it all had been a conspiracy of the government and all the teachers through 150 years because nobody was morally good enough (like them) to investigate and talk about the supposedly " Salsipuedes massacre"... 🙄🙄🙄 Seriously, the Frente Amplio leaders are pretty crappy people... and in Montevideo they control thee City Hall, that is why they keep lying... they also said that there were natives still living in the country, another huge lie... curiously, in my then more than 40 years I had never heard about any one... until of a sudden a family moved from Brazil claiming land saying they were natives from the area... The funny thing is that they didn't speak one single native word (just Portuguese) and they had a super modern car, something like a Ford Explorer... and they were living in a modern tent...besides they didn't send their kids to school, which was annoying, because in Uruguay school is mandatory... just to claim their "native status" (by the way... they would wear normal clothes too). To make the "Salsipuedes lie" more believable, s few Uruguayan also followed their steps and started to dress up as natives, showing up on TV programs and making RU-vid videos dressed up, supposedly as Charruas, making noises with some type of a horn they found somewhere, saying those were their instruments (btw they sounded horrible). One of them would even wear a jacket that looked more like an American Indian chacket, than anything else... 🤣🤣🤣 That type that used to appear in series like Bonanza! Telling victimism stories, such as their families have been hiding their ancestry not to be victims of racism... (they looked pretty white to me) and blah blah blah... To make a long story short, all those "so called" natives, disappeared without notice, even from RU-vid, since the new administration took place, which is a center-right wing... (not an extreme right) curious.. ahhh... I wonder if they went back to their caves to hide... 🤭🤭🤭 Sorry for my bad jokes... To be totally honest with you, some of us, do have some native DNA. In my case it is not more than 15% according to the 23 and Me test I took living here in the USA, and runs only on my mother's side (also according to them), which is pretty low to be Uruguay such a young country, but on the other hand, it also makes sense. Because la Banda Oriental, used to be a huge land, that became reduced to what it is today Uruguay, after losing a lot of land in the hands of Brazil and Argentina. So the native population it also got reduced to a minimum in a much smaller territory. Because of that emptiness in the countryside, European immigrants started to populate it. That is the logic explanation why there isn't such a high percentage of native DNA in us. And in my family, no one ever imagined we had native DNA... everybody were surprised when I shared my results with them... Sorry for my long message but I had to take it out of my chest. I am tired of all this BS!

in this 11:46 video - all what i ve seen is your face. nothing else

Es un lindo pueblo Montevideo😊

We have been there a while ago to take a visa run. Took the ferry from Buenos Aires, then the bus to Montevideo. We not really enjoyed the city too much. A lot of shady people (even in the day time) and prizes are extremely high. Compared to Buenos Aires, nothing really worth seing there. You have everything and more in Buenos Aires including great prizes. I would not recommend visiting and instead go to Santiago de Chile instead.

It is not true that story about the killing of the natives. It wasn’t taught because it didn’t happened that way. I heard a historian telling how things really happened, he cited books from that time and where to find them, even the pages, some are in Spain. All the story about Salsipuedes emerged when the left party got into office. It was part of their agenda to make a tragic story and make Uruguay as part of the other indigenous people that still leave in other countries and are fighting for their rights. Of a sudden u would also find white people dressed with jackets that looked more the ones worn by the Cherokee, than any native of Uruguay, but there they were proclaiming their native history and the discrimination they suffer… all BS. As soon as the lost the election, all those idiots despaired from the web. To be honest with u, some of us have some native DNA, i do. But the mixed was back in the 1700. And let me tell you, there weren’t so many charruas, they were spread between Uruguay, Argentina and parts of Brasil. My ancestors were from southern Brasil, a town in the proximity of Uruguay. And no one was ever discriminated against. All that was fabricated by the leftists. And notice that the City Hall in Montevideo is ruled by them, that is why they keep spreading all the BS. 🤬

This is my dream country