A week in Uruguay

Day 2

On the morning we departed from a Colonia del Sacramento's station and we took a bus to go to Montevideo, Uruguay's charming capital. The bus journey is quite pricey (around 30 bucks one way), however it is one of the most confortable bus journey I have ever taken in my life. The seats are so confortable, you get your own tv. It's well worth your money.

We arrived in Montevideo around midday, we dropped our bags at our hostel called Compay's hostel. It is an hostel chain that is wide spread allover Uruguay, and the hostels are really nice and squeaky clean and have a really social atmosphere to them. If you are looking for a social vibe I reccomend them, as the staff is always organizing social events (free walking tours, cooking events, asado nights, bar's hopping), you name it they do it.

Our hostel organized a free walking tour of Montevideo (it was in Spanish, however they also organized them in English, and Portuguese). We had a chance to take a stroll around the city and understand a little bit more about the history of the tiniest country in LatAm. The architecture has a strong and distint european influence to it. We stopped for some deep fried empanadas at the harbour that were the culinary highlight of our trip. After chilling by the seaside, we went back to our hostel and went out for drinks. Your hostel will def tell you where to go.

Day 3

We decided to explore Montevideo's a little bit more, we took a walk by the beach, that is super long and super clean. After resting by the beach, we paid a visit to Montevideo's weed museum. Yup, weed is legal in Uruguay, however it is available for sale only to Uruguay residents' and citizens. However, around town you can find a lottle of hempshops that sell products derived from hemp (for instance clothes, and a lot of artesanal works).

The museum is located is a pretty rundown area of Montevideo, and it's fairly small, just two floors. The entrance was around 10 bucks (price might have changed thanks to LatAm love for inflation, so always take them with a pinch of salt). Eventually, the museum was fairly small and probably wasn't that worth it. Probably good to see if you are a weed enthusiast, otherwise skipping it right away.

Once again, at nightime we went for drinks to a place nearby our hostel. As Uruguay is a pretty safe country, there is no particular need to take a taxi or a cab at night if you have to walk quite a short distance. Overall, we both felt that the safety level was at pair with European standards' so we didn't take any additional precautions during our stay in the country.