How do you know you are not going to jump from the pan into the fire?
This report compares South Africa with Uruguay and New Zealand against 34 indicators, e.g. exchange rate, rate of crime, quality of living, cost of living, etc. It shows that, although Uruguay is not as attractive as New Zealand, Uruguay is a better place to live than South Africa, especially for South Africans who do not qualify to emigrate to New Zealand.
It consists of a table that is simple to understand, quick to load. Many of the indicators are international ranks, e.g. South Africa has the 125 th best human development in the world, Uruguay=47 th and New Zealand= 20 th. The rest are expressed in ZAR or %.
It also briefly describes the following subjects about Uruguay:
- Tourist visa requirements
Warnings for tourists. - Permanent residency visa benefits / requirements / procedure
- Passport benefits / requirements
Spanish:
- Althought is it not a complete crash course, it is more comprehensive than the phrase lists that you find in travel guides.
- Pronunciation guide
- Uruguayan dialect
- 240 common phrases listed per topic
- Links to Spanish-English language sites
Links to several Uruguayan websites:
- Accommodation - hotels
- Accommodation - hostels
- Accommodation - furnished flats (inmuebles)
- Banks
Types, what type of money to take with you. - Business / Import / Export
- Classified adverts - free
- Cell phones
- Directories
- Doing business / Import / Export
- Electric plug adapters New!
- Embassies
- Escorts
- Estate agents
I only listed those who replied to my emails. - Expat meetings
- Forums
- General country profile
- Jobs
- Maps
- Medical
- Newspapers
- Search engines
- Taxi companies in Montevideo
I only listed those who replied to my emails. - Taxi drivers in Montevideo
I only listed those whom I could contact on their cell phones and who speak English. - Tour operators
- Travel agents
- Travel agent (recommended) in Pretoria
- Miscellaneous
A budget for a 15 day visit to Uruguay. (Prices valid 2011-06-02.)
Comments / Feedback
Info for travellers
Type of persons who could make use of this opportunity.
The report
It will be emailed to you as a html document (3 000 words).
It is written in English. It links only to English- or the English versions of websites.
The writing style is the same as this page; easy to read, concise without any verbosity. Most info are listed in table format that can be understood at a glance. It is quick loading and not cluttered with internet bells-and-whistles. If you can read this page, it will work for you too. (Unless your time is worth nothing, it will be cheaper to order the report than to surf through 100s of slow, clumsy, irrelevant and badly organized websites.)
You will also receive a password so that you can download the photos from the website.
If you have ordered my report, you are welcome to phone or email me for more specific details.
Cost: US$ 14.00 (ZAR 100,00)
Where did I get the info from?
- Researching the internet and libraries.
- Emails / discussions with South Africans who have been there.
- Emails from service providers in Uruguay.
- I visited Montevideo from 2011-06-08 till 2011-06-24.
