Uruguay – Trapped Edition

We are staying in multiple places here in Uruguay but our first place is an apartment. Everything has been fine so far except yesterday we became trapped inside.

This apartment uses a Nuki lock and its a digital locked that can be opened and closed with an app on your phone.

The battery in the system had been running low and while we were away the owner came by to replace the battery. When we got back, we couldnt open the door. The owner thought it was a sync issue and after a few tries the door opened.

We didnt think anything of it till we were getting ready to leave for our dinner show. I tried opening the door with the app and it would not unlock. There is a nob on the inside that you can turn to unlock the bolt but it wouldnt unbolt.

The arrow below shows the bolt that kept jamming in the close position and turning the nob would not unlatch the bolt. A locksmith had to come out and disassemble the whole thing.

The pieces of the lock below. The locksmith ended up losing a critical spring during the process of dismantling it and had to cannibalize a bedroom door lock to use for the main door.

Didn’t look good and we had a show at 8:00 p.m. and this all started around 6:30 p.m.

Below was the interim solution and we luckily made it to the dinner and show.

That was all last night, this morning we started the day with our usual walk and came across “a place where good shit happens” and we can’t wait for it to open so we can see good shit happen.

Our first stop after a quick stop at a cafe for a quick breakfast was the Andes museum. This is the historical account of the plane that crashed in the Andes and the survivors had to eat some of the dead passengers. The cannibalization theme continues….

Unfortunately, no photographs are allowed inside so all I can show you are the tickets to the museum. There is a 20 minute documentary show and lots of artifacts and personnel accounts of the events. Sadly, there is no butcher shop inside the museum in case you’re wondering about “tasting” the experience.

After the museum we stopped at another historical museum that was a bit underwhelming. Not much to see here but below are the highlights.

A rendition of “favelas” by a local artist.

After the second museum we did more walking around the plaza to take in the street vendors but there wasn’t anything interesting to buy.

We did encounter the usual “influencers” doing their thing…

We struggled to find an open restaurant to eat lunch at with so many places closed but we ended up at a swarma place and had a good meal.

We did stop by the Teatro Solis to buy some tickets for an upcoming show about Salem Witches.

We also had a local Yerba Mate expert prepare Mate for us so we could experience the beverage. She gave us a long historical perspective on the origins of Mate, the uses, mineral and vitamin composition and other fun facts.

Time to go home and cook some dinner and more adventures tomorrow.