December 2019

By bus to Buenos Aires and ferry to Colonia del Sacramento.
The exchange rates at the money changers are quite bad in Colonia, ATM's have as in Argentinia and Chile quite high extra charges, fortunately one can pay allmost everywhere with credit card and differently to Argentinia and Chile no problems with MasterCard.
The bus terminal is next to the ferry port.

By bus from Colonia del Sacramento to Montevideo.
The city buses C1, 64 and 187 go from the Tres Cruzes terminal to the city center and the old town. From the suburban bus terminal at Galicia and Rio Branco close to the city center bus # 700, 705, 711 and others go to the airport for 68 pesos (~€2) in about 2 hours. Get the ticket from the driver.




At the airport next to the public bus stop are some nice old cars
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The Museum of Decorative Arts (Palacio Taranco) was built in the early 20. century by the Taranco Ortiz family and was bought by the Uruguayan state, now a museum and historic landmark.
In the basement is now a colletion of archeological greek, italian greek and middle eastern art and upstairs furnitures and art mostly from the Taranco Ortiz family.

The MAPI, Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena is in big parts under renovation (quite necessary). When i was there there was some nice Australian Aborigines art and some precolumbian Indian art with some multimedia explanation (spanish only).

From Montevideo by plane to Belo Horizonte and bus to Ouro Preto. Gold was found there in the late 15. century, until 1823 called Vila Rica de Albuquerque and from 1720 till 1897 the capital of Minas Gerais. There are a lot of Baroque churches, the oldest theatre of America and allmost nothing was built after Brasil was independent.
The closest Airport is in Belo Horizonte about 140 kilometer, take a bus from the airport to the Rodovaria de Belo Horizonte (bus terminal), get the ticket Just outside of the entrance. Pássaro Verde has frequent buses from Belo Horizonte to Ouro Preto.
There are als a few direct buses from Ouro Preto to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.


The Museu da Inconfidência at the main place, Placa de Tiradentes, showing religiose objects and the live of the miners and the upper class it Ouro Preto in the 17. and 18. century.


The Igreja (church) de São Francisco de Assis is a excellent ecxample of the Barroco Mineiro built by Aleijadinho.


The Igreja (church) de Nossa Senhora do Carmo is another example of Barroco Mineiro.

Also the Basílica (church) Nossa Senhora do Pilar.

Unfortunately the Paróquia e Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Conceição was closed.

The Municipal Theater - Opera House, the oldest theatre in Amerika ist still having performances.

Had a daytrip to Mariana an other mining town, going there by bus and returning by train.

The Trem da Vale has 1, sometimes 2 trains per day from Ouro Preto to Mariana. More expensive then the bus but much nicer landskape. The steam engine was not running.

By bus from Ouro Preto to Brasilia. From the Rodovaria (bus terminal) a Metro goes to the center of Brasilia. From the center to the airport the bus number 0.030 (they use a odd bus number system) is running along W3 Norte then W3 Sul with many stops (there are also buses from other parts of Brasilia).


Went also to the Memorial dos Povos Indigenas, a bit sad, mostly fotos, and a little shop selling quite nice clax Figures and some trinkets.

By plane from Brasilia to Salvador. From the airport to the Metro Station Airport is a free shuttle bus, the Metro has also a station near the Rodovaria (bus terminal).




One of the most important churches id the Igreja e Convento de São Francisco.

Also the next door Igreja da Ordem Terceira Secular de São Francisco is very interesting.