We flew into a wicked, modern airport at Montevideo with no plans. It took us a while to work out the bus system, but after a while we had managed to BOTH get on a bus with all our bags. We arrived at the old city and found a hostel to stay a few nights. We then spent the afternoon exploring one half of the old city. Montevideo had a very very different feel about it than the rest of the cities we have visited. A lot more relaxed. We got the impression of a better quality of life, and coming from Santiago, a population of about 7million and before that Medellin 3million, Montevideo's 1.3million seemed very mild. We had no idea Uruguay's population was smaller than new Zealand's.
The city felt quite quiet in comparison which was a nice change, and also felt very safe. We explored the streets and admired the wonderful old buildings. We found they were less grand but there were more old buildings than other cities, and less newer buildings in between the old buildings which made it quite beautiful. It also had lots of nice clothing stores so we did a bit of shopping too. After dinner we went down to the water front to watch another beautiful orange sunset. The following day we got up early to explore the rest of the city. After wondering through the beautiful colonial streets, we spent the afternoon relaxing on the beach, soaking up some sun. A relaxing way to conclude a short visit to Urugauy as Rio was sure to be a bit more hectic.
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