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Trip to Uruguay: Colonia do Sacramento, Montevideo (2011)

With my friends AR Leao, Sydney and Henrique, all photographers, we went by car to Uruguay. We started in Florianópolis and drove to Uruguay passing by the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and arriving on the boarder. Then, we crossed Uruguay by its middle and we got to Colonia do Sacramento. This name comes from the fact that, for a relatively short time in the XVIII Century, it became a portuguese colony rather than spanish. It can be seen by the architecture, monuments, etc.. It is a nice spot to be visited. Colonia is in front of Buenos Aires, which can be easily reached by ferry boat (about 1 hour travel). We did it and Buenos Aires is the subject of another folder. After visiting Colonia we drove to Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, where we spent some few days. And then, we travelled back to Florianopolis, crossing the boarder by another town, Chui. The pictures were taken with a Canon 60D and its kit lens 18-135mm, which gave me good results.
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Colonia do Sacramento
Colonia do Sacramento		 Colonia do Sacramento
Colonia do Sacramento		 Colonia do Sacramento
Colonia do Sacramento		 Colonia do Sacramento; the beautiful Studebacker
Colonia do Sacramento; the beautiful Studebacker
Colonia do Sacramento; too old cars get vegetation inside.
Colonia do Sacramento; too old cars get vegetation inside. 		Colonia do Sacramento
Colonia do Sacramento		 Colonia do Sacramento
Colonia do Sacramento		 Montevideo; the casino internal roof.
Montevideo; the casino internal roof.
Montevideo; view from our hotel, downtown.
Montevideo; view from our hotel, downtown.		 Montevideo; downtown, main avenue.
Montevideo; downtown, main avenue.		 Montevideo, downtown.
Montevideo, downtown.		 Montevideo; the most interesting building in downtown; but ..... they put an cellular phone antenna at its top. Amazing.
Montevideo; the most interesting building in downtown; but ..... they put an cellular phone antenna at its top. Amazing.
Place Gen. Artigas, who declared Uruguay an independent country (begining of XIX).
Place Gen. Artigas, who declared Uruguay an independent country (begining of XIX).		 Montevideo; the public market, by the harbor, is one of the biggest attractions in town.
Montevideo; the public market, by the harbor, is one of the biggest attractions in town. 		Montevideo; public market.
Montevideo; public market.		 Montevideo; public market; the 'parrilla' (grilled meat) is mandatory; it is cooked on their own way.
Montevideo; public market; the 'parrilla' (grilled meat) is mandatory; it is cooked on their own way.
Montevideo; the 'parrilla'.
Montevideo; the 'parrilla'. 		Montevideo; public market.
Montevideo; public market.		 Montevideo; the public market.
Montevideo; the public market.		 Montevideo; the old town.
Montevideo; the old town.
Montevideo; the old town.
Montevideo; the old town.		 Montevideo
Montevideo		 Close to Punta del Este.
Close to Punta del Este.		 Close to Punta del Este; Casa Pueblo is the name of this location; in spite of the name, the entrance is expensive.
Close to Punta del Este; Casa Pueblo is the name of this location; in spite of the name, the entrance is expensive.
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