Pictures bring us closer

It was a relatively short trip through piloted shallow waters to Montevideo. We were there from 8:00AM to 5:00 PM. Montevideo has a reputation of being the most beautiful city in South America, probably referring to the marvelous architecture and unspoiled white sand (mostly deserted) beaches.

Over the years, because of it's position between Argentina and Brazil, Uruguay has served as a battleground for the other two countries, whenever they chose to wage war against the other.

Uruguay is troubled economically and is trying now to encourage tourism. They have the best leather factories. We visited two of them before sailing off again.