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    Departure from Uruguay

    November 18, 2024 in Uruguay ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

    On November 17, a rainy day, we left the beautiful city of Colonia del Sacramento after spending two sunny days here. We headed to Fray Bentos, a town located in the west of Uruguay, because the next day we planned to cross the border with Argentina. Road quality is good, some small potholes can be easily avoided. Fray Bentos' most notable tourist attraction is the Museum of the Industrial Revolution, located in the former meat processing plant of "Frigorifico Anglo del Uruguay". During the period of maximum productivity of the company, 4000 employees worked here, processing 2000 cows per day. After its closure (1979; when USA reduced imports from Latin America), a museum of the industrial revolution (recognized as a UNESCO Heritage Site) was created here with original machines and socio-cultural artifacts. The museum is absolutely fascinating and exhibits the machinery used in the meat extract process, a canning factory, a laboratory, but also the offices of the employees (director, accountants, secretaries) etc. It is interesting to note that certain processes have not changed significantly in the last hundred years, only the machines used to work have improved (for example a computer instead of a typewriter)...

    We were very pleasantly surprised by Uruguay, although we got here more by chance (because it was most convenient to send the car from Hamburg to Montevideo). Probably it was an ideal place to settle into the rhythms of South America before traveling to more "demanding" destinations.

    After a night spent in a free campsite (incredible; free showers, toilets and electricity, because now it's still off-season - I love Uruguay!) located on the banks of the Rio Negro (represents the border between Uruguay and Argentina), we crossed the border to Argentina. The border crossing was carried out much faster than we expected, the customs officials did not control the camper. After 20 minutes we had crossed the bridge over the Rio Negro and were driving over the endless Argentine plains...

    The itineray through Uruguay can be seen on link bolow: https://de.mapy.cz/zakladni?planovani-trasy&amp…    Read more