Uruguay: Top 7 Hidden Gems (That Most People Miss) + Testing the Remote Work Lifestyle with Lucia Krygier

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Places & Travel, Entrepreneurship, Business, Society & Culture

4.6 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Ever considered traveling to or working from Uruguay? Lucia Krygier is a Uruguayan entrepreneur and innovation consultant based in Montevideo. In early 2025, she spent two months working remotely from Cape Town, South Africa, an experience she describes as a turning point in her life. That trip led her to found Work From Uruguay, a community-driven workation program bringing together remote workers, digital nomads, and entrepreneurs to co-live and co-work in Uruguay. In this episode, Lucia shares her journey from first-time remote worker to budding business owner, and makes a strong case for why Uruguay deserves a spot on your radar. There is something worth sitting with in this conversation about what happens when you stop waiting for the right moment and just go. Lucia's path touches on trusting yourself through uncertainty, building a life around how you actually want to live, and what travel to Uruguay's hidden gems can unlock when you give a place more than a few days. If you had the chance to spend a few months working and traveling somewhere completely new, would you take it? I'd love to hear your thoughts, and I hope you'll share by sending me an audio message. Tune In To Learn: Why Lucia's first remote work trip to Cape Town changed the direction of her life How she decided between constantly moving and staying in one place for an extended time The hidden costs and benefits of spending more time in one place instead of country hopping The mindset shift that helped her leave a stable job and launch a business from abroad How she handled the uncertainty of starting a consulting career while traveling across Europe Why she built her business around her home country instead of continuing to travel indefinitely What Uruguay's digital nomad permit is and how it works for long-term visitors The off-grid beach village that gets a "wow effect" from every single visitor who goes there Seven specific places in Uruguay worth visiting, from a colonial port town to a bohemian surf village What to eat in Uruguay, from the national sandwich to a dish tracing back to Italian immigrants Advice for testing the work-travel lifestyle before committing to a full nomadic year And so much more Resources: Sign up for our FREE newsletter Work From Uruguay Instagram Want More? Building a Travel Lifestyle: Digital Nomadism, Slow Travel, Exploring Latin America with Kyle Cohenour From Expat to Digital Nomad: Finding Your Travel Rhythm, Balancing Burnout, and the Digital Nomad Lifestyle with Kristin Wilson Creating A Life Abroad + Expert Remote Work Advice with Chase Warrington Thanks To Our Sponsors Become a Fora Advisor today at foratravel.com/zerototravel Check out Morning Brew Daily for business news that's actually fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For me, working on your inner state of peace and enjoying life, that's what will make you
0:09.4	be the best worker and the most productive as well.
0:12.7	So I think that travel helps a lot, allowing you to get to that, let's say, best version of
0:19.1	yourself.
0:20.2	That is today's guest, Lucia Krieger,
0:22.5	sharing some of the benefits of the remote work lifestyle. Last year, she dove headfirst into her
0:28.1	first digital nomad adventure, spending two months in Cape Town, South Africa, which she said was,
0:33.5	quote, a true turning point in my life, end quote.
0:37.9	Travel has a way of doing that.
0:40.2	After that, she decided to spend four months traveling across Europe, co-living and co-working
0:44.8	with other nomads.
0:46.3	She got so excited about the movement and the energy of being around others living the work-travel
0:51.8	lifestyle.
0:52.3	She decided to bring that community to her home country
0:55.8	of uruguay where she currently offers workcation experiences and in this episode of course we're going
1:01.3	to have a larger conversation around remote work and the nomad lifestyle balancing a career in
1:06.7	travel some of the benefits of spending more time in one spot instead of country hopping
1:11.6	and much more than we're going to get into a bunch of travel recommendations, which I think
1:16.9	you'll love.
1:17.4	I would say we have one of the friendliest cultures in Latin America.
1:23.2	The Uruguayan people are very welcoming to tourists.
1:27.3	We are used to receiving travelers and tourists in general, especially in the summer season,
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