Antel Tower

This is Montevideo's Torre de las Telecomunicaciones (Telecommunications Tower) or Torre Antel (Antel Tower). It is by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott. If it looks familiar, it's probably because you have seen photos of several buildings he designed in Dubai and other oil-rich Middle-Eastern countries..

Shady street

A tranquil shady street in Montevideo.

Tears

Is this a being from outer space who landed in Montevideo to gather information about earthlings and then got stuck on top of this building? He must be homesick, shedding rusty tears.

Brick building

What do you suppose this brick building is? A restaurant, a residence, a museum? There's no sign on it though there is a space where a sign may appear later. It's sandwiched between two residential high rises. I took the photo from the bus and in twisting around to get it before the building was out of sight, it was way off level! If I cropped it, you wouldn't get the full flavor of its location, so I merely leveled it.

Blue building #2

Torre Ejecutiva is the seat of the Uruguayan government; it's a blue glass-clad building on Plaza Independence, very near the massive residential building we saw yesterday. My research shows the building was under construction in 2008 and may have been completed in 2009 - pretty new!

Blue building

This multi-story blue apartment building is on Montevideo's Plaza Independence. Note that the street apparently goes under it. I hope those pillars are sturdy!

Beachfront Property

I had to take this picture from the bus, but I want you to see the long curving beachfront of Montevideo. This is just a portion; it could be as long as 3 miles, all lined with hotels and apartment buildings. Just beautiful!

Montevideo

After Buenos Aires we sailed to Montevideo, Uruguay, and here are the buses waiting for our ship to dock. Note the size of the crane in the left of the photo; the little red things at the bottom of the crane are people.