Scott's Adventures in Uruguay
Mercado Del Puerto Barbecue at its best
When visitors get off cruise ships at the Port of Montevideo, one of the first places they visit is the Mercado Del Puerto, a collection of steakhouses, gift shops, and art galleries under one big tin roof. Uruguay is famous for wine and steaks and...
Big Mac in Montevideo American eating habits don't go away
Regardless of where I travel, one of the most asked questions I get is - "Do they have a McDonald's?" There is a McDonald's in Montevideo, Uruguay. It wasn't sought out, isn't on my list of important things to do, but it is a cultural landmark that marks...
Street Art in Montevideo anonymous dreams
In worn areas of most world mega-cities, there is street art, some commissioned, some spontaneous. This art can occupy an entire wall like our sixteen foot lady. It can be part of a series of images on a parking lot wall like our two faced head....
Fruits and Vegetables/ Ciudad Vieja Produce right off the boat
When you are looking for produce in the Port area you are not near the grand shopping palaces you visit in the United States. Groceries in the U.S. display well groomed produce as you walk down waxed shiny floors,choose fruit and vegetables from clean...
Rain Day in Montevideo Climate always changes, so do we
"We were in the eighties last week," Jesper tells me, pouring us a Monday afternoon cup of coffee at his desk in a Ciudad Vieja office close to the Port. He talks about the old city versus the new city, how he and his wife are now moving into...
ATM Meltdown ATM's are your bread and butter
Money might not make the world go round, but it provides lubrication . Looking for an ATM to get cash to pay for my rented vacation studio in Ciudad Vieja, I have apprehension. Banks and credit card companies have been told Scott will be out of the...
Landing in Montevideo Uruguay welcomes me
After an eight hour wait at the Miami International Airport, I board a plane this Saturday evening and safely get off the ground for Montevideo, Uruguay. Scheduled to arrive Sunday around eleven, our plane does, and we leave our transport this morning...
South Beach lazy afternoon
South Beach is like beaches in the Caribbean. The sand is white and grainy and blue beach umbrellas blow in the wind like the tops of stir sticks in one's Pina Colada. Some brave souls wade in the water even though it is cold this time of year. Bodies...
Tan Lines putting your best body forward
There is much concern in this country about skin damage. There is, on this beach, a lot of skin that will be damaged and this is a perfect poster for a Dermatology convention in Miami Beach. Two big bodies are prone on the sand, turning their backs to...
South Beach Halloween Fairy Wings
For all I know, people who live, visit and work in South Beach look this way all the time. It is the middle of the afternoon on a Saturday and skies are threatening rain. One side of Ocean Drive is dedicated to tourists and locals who want to walk, ride...
South Beach/ Art Deco South Beach Art Deco
Catching a taxi to the beach is the quickest way to get there from the Hotel Element. For thirty bucks each way, I get a local taxi drivers music, pictures of his familia swinging from the rear view mirror, a few questions in Spanish to see if i speak...
Halloween Breakfast/ Hotel Element Miami Hotel Element
The Hotel Element is close to the Miami International airport. Their standard room has a refrigerator, a color flat screen TV, acceptable wi-fi, hot and cold running water, a door that locks, a clean bathroom, clean sheets, and, especially important in...
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