URUGUAY JOINS BOOMERS ABROAD FAMILY OF EXPATRIATE DESTINATIONS Sophisticated first world living at half the price

Boomers Abroad, a popular website for baby boomers seeking beautiful, warm and affordable expatriate retirement locations, has added the South American country of Uruguay to its metadirectory of Internet resources.

Napa Valley, California (PRWEB) December 7, 2005 -- BoomersAbroad.com, a popular website for people seeking an expatriate life south of the United States, now includes comprehensive information on the country of Uruguay. Uruguay joins Boomers Abroad's existing sections on Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

As with all other countries covered by Boomers Abroad, the new Uruguay section includes information ranging from national drinks, currency and electrical outlets to maps, books, photographs, carefully selected articles and Uruguay websites, Internet forums and blogs, and most importantly for the potential expat, visas, cost of living, doing business, and buying property.

Uruguay, a stable, democratic country of 3.4 million people, is located on the east coast of South America at a latitude equivalent to that of Atlanta, Georgia or Los Angeles, California. It is blessed with a very moderate climate. As Boomers Abroad founder Mick Winter says, "It's the place where Brazilians go to cool off and Argentines go to warm up."

Although famous in Latin America and Europe as one of the great beach resorts in the world, Uruguay's jet-setter destination of Punta del Este is little known in Canada and the United States. That will inevitably change.

Uruguay offers more than 400 miles of beautiful coastline, most of it untouched. The interior is pastoral, with streams, rivers and fertile land producing Uruguay's major product and favorite food: beef.

The capital Montevideo, with a population of 1.3 million, is often described as a smaller version of Argentina's Buenos Aires, just a short drive–-and even shorter flight—away. Many visitors to the country are surprised that it reflects a European culture rather than the Latin culture they expect in a Spanish-speaking country. The population is almost all of European descent, primarily Italian and Spanish.

Although many Argentines have second homes in Uruguay, Americans and Canadians have not yet discovered this beautiful, sophisticated country that offers a first-world standard of living and sophistication at costs in most areas less than half of those experienced by their North American neighbors.

As Boomers Abroad founder Winter says: "Argentines and other South Americans—as well as knowledgeable Europeans––have been buying second homes in, or moving to, Uruguay for years. It's time Canadians and Americans caught on."

For complete information on Uruguay and other Boomers Abroad countries, visit www.boomersabroad.com.

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