Visiting Montevideo, the Capital of a Down-to-Earth Country
As soon as you land at Carrasco international airport, you feel good, the shell shaped terminal is airy, architecturally attractive and traveler-friendly. Carrasco is one of the most exclusive neighborhoods of Montevideo. However, the name is hardly appropriate to welcome Brazilian visitors. In Portuguese, a carrasco is both a state executioner and a tyrant. Fortunately, Uruguay has neither and capital punishment was abolished in 1907! The airport is ideally located and the visitors reach the central part of the city by driving along the ramblas, a picture-perfect 30 km-long promenade alongside the beaches of the Rio de la Plata. By Latin America standards, Uruguay is a tiny state, the second smallest; however, it is still twice the size of Portugal! Two third of its 3.4 m inhabitants live in the Montevideo area. Montevideo hosts the headquarter of the Southern Common Market better known as Mercosur. Uruguay is considered the...