10-29-2018, 02:41 PM
Ivanb,
My son Charley is an oil trading risk analyst for Trafigura and he has worked in their Montevideo, Uruguay location for the last two years. I've been down to visit and unlike some places in South America I always felt safe there. But Charley refused to ship his new Mustang down there for the same reason, he won't wear a Rolex either. He dresses to blend in and drives a little 4 door Hyundai just like everybody else. The food is great but getting service and parts for just about anything is a nightmare and that frustrates him. Roads are two lanes everywhere except in Montevideo and traffic laws are seldom enforced. Charley says that as long as he doesn't kill somebody pretty much anything goes down there. That's what I've observed as well.
Here in America we are use to being able to buy ANYTHING ANYTIME ANYWHERE on the web or in a store. Not so down there. No Amazon deliveries or web buying and store selections are slim except for the grocery stores which are great. Customs down there intercepts everything I send to collect import duties and it's such a hassle I don't even try anymore. Beautiful beaches but no big mountains. If your Spanish is good and you can deal with stuff not being available it's a friendly mellow place. Good luck in whatever you're going to do down there brother.
Chip
My son Charley is an oil trading risk analyst for Trafigura and he has worked in their Montevideo, Uruguay location for the last two years. I've been down to visit and unlike some places in South America I always felt safe there. But Charley refused to ship his new Mustang down there for the same reason, he won't wear a Rolex either. He dresses to blend in and drives a little 4 door Hyundai just like everybody else. The food is great but getting service and parts for just about anything is a nightmare and that frustrates him. Roads are two lanes everywhere except in Montevideo and traffic laws are seldom enforced. Charley says that as long as he doesn't kill somebody pretty much anything goes down there. That's what I've observed as well.
Here in America we are use to being able to buy ANYTHING ANYTIME ANYWHERE on the web or in a store. Not so down there. No Amazon deliveries or web buying and store selections are slim except for the grocery stores which are great. Customs down there intercepts everything I send to collect import duties and it's such a hassle I don't even try anymore. Beautiful beaches but no big mountains. If your Spanish is good and you can deal with stuff not being available it's a friendly mellow place. Good luck in whatever you're going to do down there brother.
Chip