There are no U-Hauls in Uruguay!

There are no U-Haul trucks or trailers for rent in Uruguay. So you have to hire a truck and a driver and he'll try to convince you to hire a couple of guys to help. As you're talking to the truck driver/owner, you brace yourself for the price quote because, right now, diesel is over $6.20 a gallon. There are no Staples or Walmart stores to find cardboard boxes, plastic totes, shrink wrap, or bubble wrap. (I did find a "taper" after visiting several stores!) So you have to drive around town and see what boxes the local businesses are putting out on the street. Last week I stumbled onto a large pile of boxes outside a local "supermarket" and I hurried to toss them all in to the back of our minivan. I heard someone approaching and I was worried that one of the many local "recyclers" was coming to contest the spoils. It turned out to be a store clerk who asked me if I wanted a couple more boxes and then asked me how much money I was getting per kilo of cardboard! I must have been pretty shabbily dressed...I didn't realize I looked like a "recycling technician"!