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Buquebus - ferry to Uruguay
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  • Updated By Marie-France on October 14, 2005
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  • Buquebus ferry - Uruguay
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    The best way to get to Uruguay from Buenos Aires is by ferry. Buquebus is the company that operates the ferries. The regular ferry takes 3 hours and leaves B.A. around 9:00am, arriving in Colonia at 1:00 pm (don't forget - Uruguay is one hour ahead of Argentina). The return boat leaves Colonia in the evening to go back to Buenos Aires. They also have an express boat if I remember well, as well as boats that go to Montevideo.

    It costs about $35 US for a return ticket to Colonia. Half that for one way. You can buy the tickets at the ferry terminal, or in downtown Buenos Aires at Av. Cordoba, 879..

    The ferry is free seating inside, or you can just hang around the lounge or deck. It's a big boat, and even has duty-free shops. You're crossing into another country, so don't forget your passport; you'll have to clear customs before embarking.

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    Buses with "car" numbers?
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  • By Marie-France on October 12, 2005
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  • Uruguay has nice buses offering express service between its cities. Several companies serve the same destinations. It's all pretty straighforward, except for one confusing thing I had never encountered anywhere else before: the "car" (coche) number!

    Your bus ticket will have a seat number, as well as a car number. At first I thought this was weird, since normally only trains have car numbers, so I ignored it... and had to do part of a trip standing!

    It turns out that a company will often have more than one bus going to the same destination at the same time! Each bus is identified by a big number in the window, e.g. 1,2,3, etc. If you get on the wrong bus (like I did) and somebody with the same seat number boards later on, you're out of luck.

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    Rent a car for upcountry touring
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  • Updated By melosh on November 20, 2006
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  • Buses are inexpensive, but their frequency between small towns leaves something to be desired. Plus you can not stop along the road to take a picture or make a side trip. I found Uruguay to be the country with the safest and easiest driving of all the countries I have visited. I actually found it to be a relaxing pleasure. I did not drive in Montevideo, but even there it seemed the traffic was rational.

    The small car I rented cost $18.60 (dollars) a day, but taxes and comprehensive insurance raised that another $20. (I would have saved $2 a day if I bought the insurance from Budget.) Gas was expensive and it was a bit of a surprise to be charged a further $7 per day tax on the car insurance I bought, but parking was easy and generally free in small towns and I could fillup the tank using my credit card. Even though I stayed in economic hotels they all had a place to store my car for the night.

    Except along the eastern coast traffic was light and the drivers seemed careful. Signage was a bit of a problem. More than once I had to backtrack to re-read a sign about a turnoff. You can expect the national highways ('rutas') to be paved with good shoulders for pulling over to take a picture. Other roads ('caminos') are less likely to be paved. They did seem to be well maintained but driving on them during a rainy season would probably be more problamatic.

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    Alternative to Buquebus through Colonia
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  • Updated By melosh on November 25, 2006
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  • There are beaches near Carmelo - Uruguay
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    There is a another boat alternative to taking the Buquebus through Colonia when travelling between Montevideo and Argentina. This involves a bus between Montevideo and Carmelo, a rapid Cacciola boat between Carmelo and Tigre and a bus between Tigre and Buenos Aires. The total cost is about $20 (US dollars) when bought as a complete package. By just buying the boat passage and included Argentinian bus passage you can breakup the trip with a brief or overnight stop in Carmelo. You can take this route either direction.

    My boat trip on the Buquebus from Buenos Aires to Colonia was 56 dollars because I took the rapido (1 hour instead of 5 hours) and had to buy a upper deck ticket because all the others were sold out. I did not continue on immediately with the Buquebuses so I could visit Colonia. The bus fare from Colonia to Montevideo was about 8 dollars.

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    Miami to MVD
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  • By kyoub on May 5, 2008
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  • Rental car - Uruguay
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    There are non-stop flights from Miami to Carrasco International Airport(MVD). It is an 8+hr flight.
    The airport is 11 miles to the east of Montevideo. A new terminal is currently being built and is due for completion in 2009.
    You will be bussed from your plane to the terminal. There you will go thru customs and then on to the duty free shop. There is also a money exchange (cambio), and rental car agencies in the terminal. Buses and metered taxi are available if you are going into the city.
    International departure tax is $12.

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    astonishing taxis and other means of transport
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  • Updated By schurlif on October 23, 2006
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  • danger in the backseat of his car..... - Uruguay
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    The Montevideo taxis are a show by themselves... I've never seen anything comparable in any other place.... first, the whole taxibusiness seems to be monopolized, at every taxi stand, there is a guy handing out a small piece of paper to the taxidriver once you are about to board the car.. No idea what this is for... All taxis look the same, same colors, same car model ( tiny pieces of cr*p), even if you're a dwarf you'll have problems with the leg space.... But now the best: between the back seats and the driver, there's a supposedly bulletproof glass..... and (!!) (sorry I didn't take a pic of this gadget) there's a very primitive, tiny weenie slot where you have to shove the money for the ride to the driver and where you'll get your change.... of course I asked a taxidriver about all this, but the answer was not very convincing... there had been one or two assaults ( duhhh) and that's why.... OK...
    Pic # 1: Camila in a taxi and good gosh, the jeopardized cabbie is so safe from her, pooooh !!!
    Pic # 2: a chopper , maybe for a quick ride from Carrasco Airport to the city center... ?
    Pic # 3: the latest in motorized technology and brandnew design for the day trip to Punta del Este
    Pics # 4 and 5: Airplane ! Pluna , the excellent uruguayan airline ... in pic 4 the plane flies to the left, therefore to the west to Montevideo !!! (lol) ... in pic 5 (you guessed it) the plane flies to the right, therefore east, therefore back to São Paulo... !!!!
    It's always reassuring to know that the pilot knows his orientation and coordinates.....

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    Golf carts
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  • By canuckmike on February 12, 2004
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  • In the old town of Colonia you have to rent a golf cart from Hertz. I belive it was about $12 U.S. dollars an hour.

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    Bus is a good way to get...
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  • By salime on August 26, 2002
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  • Bus is a good way to get around. It costs about 70 cents or so (9.50 pesos last time I was there). There are a lot of buses, and they don't have their routes clearly marked. Ask a local which bus to take. Otherwise the taxis aren't too expensive. A trip across town might cost $4-5. Don't pay before you get to your destination, and don't try to agree on a price beforehand - they'll charge you more than they should!

    Last time I checked, you can rent a manual transmission car for about $40 per day, or $100 for 3 days (I don't know how much per week). Automatic transmission is much more expensive.

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    There are two fast boats and...
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  • By cochinjew on August 25, 2002
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    There are two fast boats and two slow boats per day between colonia in uruguay and buenos aires. the slow boats take 2h30 min and the fast boats take 50 minutes. the round trip fares are about 125 argentine pesos. there is minimal departure taxes on both ends.
    Colonia can be covered well on foot. and the pleasure is walking around cobblestoned streets lined with sycamore trees and watching the soft rippling of waves from rio plata

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    DIFFICULT TO REACH BY PLANE...
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  • By hanspeter_W. on August 25, 2002
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  • DIFFICULT TO REACH BY PLANE FROM EUROPE..
    BEST IN TRANSIT FROM BUENOS AIRES OR FROM BRASIL..
    EXCELLENT BUS-SYSTEM IN ALL THE COUNTRY

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