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Allwewantispeace
Joined 2015
Posts: 58

Uruguay is truly wonderful

9 years ago

Hello everyone,

This is the beginning of our story about our life changing adventure into Uruguay.

My brother Alex and I flew in to Montevideo two weeks ago with hopes of buying a semi self sufficient chacra with house. We found Montevideo to be unthreatening, even in a tough section, after dark, on our first night there. The people were very pleasant, even gracious which was certainly unexpected.

We moved on to visit pan de azucar, Maldonado, punta del este, Minas, Duranzo, Tacuarembo, and went all the way to River where we met up with some very cool expats from this forum. You know who you are: Beatles rock! Thank you.

We came very close to buying a decent place on the edge of Minas before realizing that it was under three cell phone towers... Ugh. Bad day, but it got better when we stumbled upon our slice of heaven near the town of él Eden on ruta 12. I cannot express how happy we are to have found such a nice little casa.

Uruguay is wonderful and we feel confident that we are making the right move to the right country, at the right time and to the right piece of property. The people here are so free, living the good life. It's not inexpensive though. We had to give up 35 acres in Maine with a good sized house near the ocean to afford 12 acres and a small house in the hills. Considering the alternative, we feel we have made the right choice.

This forum gave me the information I needed to have confidence enough to come here... I am eternally grateful. Thank you all for your generosity of time. There are a few others who went above and beyond for us, but I hesitate to call them out by name.

Focus properties was exceedingly helpful as a guide, interpreter, real estate agent, and even my first marriage counselor. Cheers to you Michael! Thank you so much.

What a great experience this has been. We leave for the states this Friday. I will apply for residency this week and try to open my account at the brou. Wish us lots of luck! Thank you all again, even the people I never interacted with. All your comments together paint the most colorful portrait!

We hope to see more of you along our journey into Uruguayan living.

Thank you,

Max and Alex
All we want is peace, today and forever.

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