There are horses by the highway in Uruguay. Horses with people on them who wear majestic boots and big brimmed cowboy hats. Not a few horses, mind you. The half million horses or so in Uruguay are the way of life in the sleepy South American country found under Brazil. They trot along the roadways as cars pass languidly along. Coming from California where highways are 8 lanes in one direction made of ash colored cement, I found this utterly charming. This is why we travel, of course. Travel uncovers entire new worlds to us that delight, spark, and at times, boggle the mind. Uruguay as an entire
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