fresh off the ferry from Buenos Aires |
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horse carts serve in informal recycling |
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at the Plaza Fabini |
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an anti-smoking exhibit |
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a game of chess in the shade |
in the Plaza Independencia, with the iconic Palacio Salvo |
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a view from the Plaza into the side streets |
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back on the Plaza |
statue and tomb of General Artigas |
a relic of the old city wall |
passing into the old city (Ciudad Vieja) peninsula |
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in one of the great bookstores |
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on the Plaza Matriz |
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looking out toward the Atlantic |
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żManuel? żo Gloria? |
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working on one of the old buildings |
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looking out toward the fishing wharf |
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back in the old town |
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the Palacio Taranco, now a house museum |
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not all the old structures are saved |
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back in the Plaza Independencia near sundown |
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next day, heading from the centro to the Atlantic coast |
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the centro's cemetery |
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in the sepulchre |
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the newer section has a view of the ocean |
it's so hard to leave |
a bit livelier out on the streets again! |
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a weekly food market |
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in town again to visit the Museo del Gaucho |
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showing art and craft of the gaucho lifestyle |
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back out again... |
...and into the Museo de las Migraciones |
celebrating 100 years since the Mexican Revolution |
heading into the port area |
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and the Mercado del Puerto! |
back into the centro |
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in the Museo del Azulajo (Tile) |
examples from several centuries and from many sources |
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the 19th c. French company Devres, favored in Montevideo |
you don't have to walk far to find living examples on the street |
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next day, a trip out to Punta Carretas, a short distance from central Montevideo |
the lighthouse on the point |
looking back toward Montevideo's old town... |
...visible if you squint! |
looking north along the water |
Pocitos beach |
off in the distance is the town of Carrasco |
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heading into the Carretas suburb |
a street fair |
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time to head back to the ferry! |