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Prior to departure
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List of participants
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a valid passport before arriving in
Uruguay and a return ticket to their country of origin or to another
destination. Only citizens of the following countries require a Visa to
enter Uruguay: Albania, Bulgaria, South Korea, China, Egypt, Guyana, India,
Rumania and Russia. Diplomatic passport holders from Canada and the United
States must secure a visa from the Embassy of Uruguay in Ottawa
or in Washington DC. American
citizens not holders of diplomatic passports do not require a VISA to
enter Uruguay.
You will need 2 photocopies of your passport one of them to present at the
check-in at Conrad Hotel and the other to expedite
replacing your passport in case of loss.
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Airlines and American Airlines establish that one passenger may carry
at most two suitcases 14.5 pounds (32 kg) each. United Airlines allows
you onboard a handbag or substitute of up to 6.8 pounds
(15 kg) and American Airlines a handbag or substitute of up to 4.5
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OPTION: SENDING MATERIAL IN ADVANCE. Presenters
using powerpoint presentations or passing out handouts who wish to send them
in advance, please do so to
noel@fulbright.org.uy
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Montevideo's
International Airport, airline personnel will distribute an international
embarkation-disembarkation form. Please complete it onboard.
On arrival at Montevideo’s
International Airport you will be conducted to
immigration. Going through immigration may take some time. The immigration
official will want to see your passport and the completed immigration form.
Keep any form(s) returned to you securely in your passport so that you may
return them when you depart Uruguay. Most of the immigration officials do
not speak English.
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In Uruguay the ATMs are called |
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All of the ATMS are connected to the international payment network Cirrus-Maestro. You can use your
bank debit card to retrieve money. Also you can utilize a Mastercard
international credit card.
At Montevideo's International Airport, there are two ATMs. A Redbank
machine is located next to the AVIS store to the right after leaving
Customs. The other ATM Redbrou is located in the petrol station in front
of the airport.
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CUSTOMS. |
Once through immigration, proceed to the |
baggage area where you can collect your
luggage. Carts are available in this area. A baggage-man, non-English
speaker will offer to assist you in carrying the cart. You can answer “ No,
gracias” or “Si, gracias”. If you agree to it, they
will accompany you with the cart and will expect a tip.
Your luggage will go
through an x-rays machine so previously remove any item which might get
spoiled.
The last procedure is having your luggage opened and checked by airport officials.
Last, you will cross transparent doors where a person from the Bus Company
Transhotel will be there to meet you. Look for someone carrying a sign with
the word Fulbright.
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company wil
transfer you to Hotel Conrad in Punta del Este, where the Western Hemisphere Meeting
will be held. The trip lasts 1 hour and a half. During the trip you will
receive a Conrad Hotel check-in form. Please complete the form. When you arrive
proceed to the check- in, a special desk has been created to attend the
meeting participants and hand in your form and a copy of your
passport.
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REGULAR BUS LINE AIRPORT - PUNTA DEL ESTE |
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company "Bus del Atlantico" offers transport services from Montevideo to
Punta del Este. It stops at Montevideo's International Airport and
continues to Punta del Este.The bus stop lies just in front of the
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can buy the bus ticket at the bus company branch at the Airport. To
reach the office, turn to the left after leaving the arrivals hall and
walk up three meters. If lost ask someone for: "ofisina COT". The office
is open Monday to Friday 7 AM to 9:30 PM, Saturday 9 AM to 4:30 PM and
on Sundays it remains closed. The office telephone is (00 598 2) 604 03
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office you can pay the fare in dollars. It is 122 pesos (4.3 dollars).
If the office is closed you can pay the fare on the bus, however it will
charged in pesos and you will not have a seat reserved. Once you
are on the bus indicate to the driver that you want to be dropped off at
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The exchange house "cambio" is located in front of you after customs and
crossing the transparent doors. The exchange house is open Monday to
Sundays from 7 AM to 12 PM. |
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Bus Arrival Schedule at Airport
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6:50 AM, 7:35 AM, 8:40 AM, 9:40 AM, 10:55 AM, |
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4:40 PM, 5:55 PM, 6:40 PM, 7:55 PM, 8:25 PM, |
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Conrad Resort and Casino is a five-star hotel of
modern architecture, being of one of the most glamorous hotels in Punta del
Este. All of its 302 rooms have a panoramic view of the city bay. It is
located at Parada 1, Rambla Claudio William and Avenida Chiberta. Tel: 042 49 11 11.
Reservations have been
made for all the meeting attendants. Apart from the hotel room, which
includes breakfast and lunch, participants are responsible for all other
expenses incurred while guests at hotel.
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pesos =1 dollar (average
November 2003). Denominations
of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 Uruguayan pesos are printed in
different colors. There are two ATMs at Conrad Hotel. In the lobby a
Redbrou is located and in the Casino a Redbank ATM. Both can be readily used
for debit cards and/or a MasterCard international credit card.
MasterCard and Visa are accepted almost everywhere.
American Express and Diners are mostly accepted too. With regard to
travelers’ checks, it is sometimes
difficult to cash them.
In Punta del Este, dollars can be exchanged at the BROU bank branch located within
the Hotel Conrad. It is open from Monday to Friday from 1 PM to 6 PM,
Saturday and Sunday from 1 PM to 5 PM. You can also buy pesos at the
exchange house located in Punta Shopping Mall
which lies at a close distance from the Hotel. This exchange house is open from Monday to Sunday from
11 AM to 9 PM.
To go to
Punta Shopping Mall walk up Boulevard Artigas heading for Maldonado (the
other direction leads to the peninsula) until you reach a traffic circle.
Then turn to the right and walk up
three blocks and you
will see Punta Shopping, a white building shaped like a wave. At the shopping you can ask for “cambio”.
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expensive.
Public telephone booths are available
with prepaid telephone cards. Cards of 20 and 50 minutes can be bought at
the boutique in the Hotel at the cost of 200 pesos (7.2
dollars) and 500 pesos (18.0 dollars).
The cost of calling to the United States and to Latin American and the
Carribean varies between 9.5 pesos (0.34 dollars) and 11.5 pesos (0.41 dollars).
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INTERNET. |
The hotel room includes a plug for laptops so |
that you can connect
free of charge to Conrad Hotel’s server. If you do not have a laptop, you can access the Internet
at the business center of the Hotel which costs 9 dollars
the hour and is open from 9 AM to 7 PM. You can access the Internet at
the cybercafe in Punta Shopping Mall, which costs only 60 pesos (2.2
dollars) per hour and is open from 11 AM to 11 PM Monday to Sundays. At the
Punta Shopping Mall just ask for “el cibercafé”.
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REGULAR BUS LINE PUNTA DEL ESTE-MONTEVIDEO |
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can travel by bus with the bus company "Bus del Atlantico." Their office
is located at the Terminal Punta del Este. It is open Monday to Sunday
from 4 AM to 11 PM. We reccomend reserving the ticket with 2 days
anticipation calling at (00 598 42) 48 68 10. The bus fare costs 127
pesos (5 dollars), payment being accepted in dollars. There is an
exchange house at the Terminal open from Monday to Saturday 8:30 AM to
20:30 PM and Sunday 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM. |
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You can hire a cab from the Conrad Hotel to take you to the Terminal
Punta del Este, which will cost around 3 dollars. A van ride with
capacity for 15 persons costs 15 dollars, a micro ride with capacity for
20 persons costs 25 dollars. |
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Bus Departure Schedule from Punta del Este |
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transportation is arranged to take participants to the
Sheraton Hotel in Montevideo to attend the final stage of the Fulbright Western
Hemisphere Meeting.
Hotel
accommodation at the Sheraton has been paid until Friday night. It includes
breakfast and lunch. You are responsible for any other expenses
incurred.
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FINANCES. |
The Sheraton Hotel is located adjacent to |
Punta
Carretas Shopping Center. At the Shopping Center you can find ATMs and an
exchange house.
Redbrou is located within the supermarket Disco on the ground floor.
Bancomat, another ATM, is located on the first floor close to the entrance of the Shopping
Center, next to the Banco Comercial branch. If you get lost just ask for "Bancomat"
or "Redbrou."
The exchange house lies on the ground floor. It is called “Cambio
Varlix” and it works from 10 AM to 10 PM Monday to Sunday.
Banks attend the public from Monday to Friday from 1 PM to 5 PM. Generally you
will not get a better exchange rate than the one offered by exchange houses.
The only bank present at Punta Carretas Shopping is Banco Commercial.
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PHONE CALLS, INTERNET. |
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room reserved at |
Sheraton Hotel contains a plug to connect your laptop to
Internet. However the use of the Internet is not included in the accommodation
costs. The fee is 9 dollars per hour (15 cents per minute).
Also you can use the
business center to access the Internet using the
PCs available or bringing your own laptop. Here the Internet fee is 6 dollars per hour. The business
center is permanently open.
The cheapest place
is the cybercafe on the third floor of Punta Carretas Shopping in the store
“Free ware house”. The Internet fee is 1.4 dollars (40 pesos) per hour.
The cybercafe is open Monday to Sunday from 10 AM to 10 PM.
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DEPARTURE. |
For those departing on
December 12: |
3 rooms at the Sheraton Hotel are set aside for you, where you
can keep your luggage and use the rest room. Sheraton Hotel
offers a hired car service which costs 380 pesos (13.57 dollars) to take you to the airport. Also a van service for 9 persons or 12
persons is available. The van ride to the airport costs 30 dollars.You
must approach the front desk the day before your departure and
arrange with them to drop you off.
At the airport you will be charged a departure fee of 22 dollars. Please include
this sum in your personal expenses.
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Sources: United
States Embassy in Uruguay, Central Bank
of Uruguay. Voice
information from Conrad Resort and Casino,
Sheraton Hotel, Punta Shopping Mall, Punta Carretas Shopping, American
Airlines. United Airlines |