Uruguay is not a country that was originally on my trip radar, but I found out that you could get here by a quick ferry ride from Buenos Aires so I thought why not! And I'm very glad I did. Even though outside of Montevideo the country mostly seems to have one type of tourist attraction - beaches - and I'm currently not in beach mood, I'm glad I came here because I found out many interesting things about a country I previously knew nothing about. Did you know, for example, that Uruguay has one of the strongest economies of South America (and it's also very expensive) and probably the most progressive society? Weed, gay marriage and abortion are legal. There's about 3.5 million people and 14 million cows. Uruguayans get born with a mate thermos under their armpit - you see them sipping their precious drink everywhere: walking around, driving, on the bus, at work, at home... It came as a surprise to me that they're also the biggest drinkers of whiskey in the wo...
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