Uruguay – Constitution Day

We headed out this morning to explore more of Montevideo so we took a taxi to NuevoCentro area.

Nice shopping mall and boots seem to be in fashion.

Mo boots.

Sadly, there is a great deal of trash on the streets of Montevideo. Part of the problem is trash cans overflow or people are lazy and toss it near the trash and not in it. We have seen trash like this everywhere in Montevideo.

The image below is of a military memorial.

After visiting NuevoCentro, we headed back to Ciudad Vieja to eat at a famous restaurant but we ran into the Uruguay Constitution Day parade.

Nicely decorated horses.

More horses

and yet more horses.

The parade was very cool featuring soldiers dressed from different eras in Uruguay’s past.

After the parade we went to this spot where Anthony Bourdain ate some great asados but it was closed.

We did find an alternative that was really good.

Ribeye steak below, cooked to perfection on a grill.

After lunch, we ran into another parade for Candombe.

After the second parade, we headed back to our hotel. To give you an idea of transportation charges from Ciudad Vieja to Punta Carretas see the options below. Taxis are usually cheaper and quicker but not always. The taxis are also a bit older cars with limited space. The taxi we took was about $10 USD from one side of town to another.

For dinner we used a popular service everyone here uses to have Rudy’s Burger delivered to our hotel. The service is called PedidosYa (Requests Now).

The service was fast and it helps the restaurant is around the corner but we were busy packing.

We leave Uruguay tomorrow for a new destination and have a final synopsis scheduled to post after we leave the country.