
The first “lightweight” German camper of the season.
An inquisitive old fart with a camera

The first “lightweight” German camper of the season.

I pulled into the supermarket parking lot just after this car. A guy got out with his young daughter, and I complimented him on his perfect license plate ID.
He was delighted, and laughed loudly.
“33” is a big thing in Uruguay, as it is in Masonry. I’m sure there’s no connection…suuuure.
A few blocks from home, waiting to cross the street, I had to wait for a passing car with the license plate ABC 2133. Glitch in the Matrix? On the other hand, it’s not the first license plate strangeness I’ve had here.

A technically brilliant, aesthetically inexplicable design on a Swiss van in the Tienda Inglesa parking lot.

The first German monster-tourism vehicle of the season (yes, German; I did check: the license plate says “D”).
*Sigh* who knows, maybe we’ll get some amusing ones this year. You can see past years’ sightings here: https://expatinuruguay.com/tag/campers/
When it comes to traveling, nothing exceeds like excess!

Other duties as assigned – the four door Renault Duster actually has considerably more cargo space than its four door pickup brother, the Oroch.

I am a little car, but I identify as a big car, and park accordingly.

Discovery of the day (after almost 13 years!): when you refill your
CIEMSA peaje “chip” at Abitab, it specifies the expiration date (F.VTO. =
Fecha de vencimiento). No more embarrassing backing out of a toll booth
whose gate won’t open because time has run out. Not that I would know anything about that, of
course.

I think I’ve just seen my first example of “fully vaccinated” parking.

Well, apparently someone thought so at one time, to the point of spray painting “08” on the drivers’ door.
BTW, I could find no identification of the model or manufacturer.

24 hours later the cut up rusty car is gone.

Meanwhile, literally around the corner, this gem, which I first recorded almost ten years ago (with the same car in the driveway!)