A thriving metropolis

Up the road less travelled in Punta del Diablo....

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April 16th 2007
Though similar in name to Punta del Este, Punta del Diablo simply couldn't be more different. In the place of highrise apartment buildings were shacks and cabins, in the place of paved and guttered roads were sand and dirt tracks, and in the place of swanky boutiques were, well, nothing. If it wasn't for the group of Americans I hooked up with at the bus stop and lodged with, I wouldn't have had ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo

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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more