Uruguay...

Just a quick note on Uruguay. What a difference from Northern Sur America.. Mu tranquilo but the city its self is large Where are all the peope we wonder... Sounds like there is a strike from Argentina to keep the tourism down here after a paper mill was planned to be built this year. It does make the town seem pretty empty, but is wonderful for us! I think there are much fewer travelers from North America and Europe than in other countries we ve visited. There are fewer english speaking people and menus and such are only in Spanish. To add to that, the Spanish here is quite different than in Ecuador and Peru, proably like visiting the south for those of us from the west coast. Makes things more interesting in our conquest to learn Spanish. Very european and cleaner here. The weather is wonderful!