The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, that is the formal name for such a wonderful country, although it is commonly known as Uruguay. Montevideo, the capital and major port sits on the banks of Rio de la Plata. Uruguay is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in South America with a land area of 176,220 square kilometers, slightly smaller than North Dakota. .
Obviously, since this is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in South America, I guess it's safe to assume that they do actually speak the Spanish language. Well since we"re on the fact that this is a small country, let's talk about its geographical features. I could talk about this better if there were some actual points of interest, but there's just not any, except one. The beaches, of course one of the most famous coastal areas is the Punta del Esta, translated to End of the East. Last summer it contributed to over half the tourist percentage that came to Uruguay. .
So what exactly are these tourists spending when they come to Uruguay? They"re spending the Peso Uruguayo. This is the legal term for this country's tender, although often called the Uruguayan peso (Uruguayan is the term for someone who lives in Uruguay, but you knew that). If you used one dollar to get Uruguayan pesos, you"d get 9.90 pesos. .
However, most of their tourists come from their bordering countries, which are Brazil and Argentina. That's kind of weird considering the beaches are beautiful, not to mention the women, I mean there's a lot of interesting things to see. One is the Santa Teresa, which sits on more than 3,000 acres of land and has more than 2 million trees, it is a huge park where rose lovers can come and see over 3,000 species of roses. When you do visit these countries what do you expect to eat? How about the Dulce de Leche, which is a caramel milk spread cream. This cold cream can go on a piece of toast for breakfast, but it is most commonly found on Uruguayan desserts.