Independence Square

This was really close to our hotel and it is one of the main squares in Montevideo. The old Spanish citadel used to be in this square but it was demolished and this monument was constructed. Under the statue is the remians of the founder or Uruguain independence.

Salto & Montevideo

June 14th 2007
We went to Salto, Uruguay next which was a really small city. We took a night bus there only it was the most random trip ever. We took a bus to the middle of nowhere Argentina and had cabs waiting on the side of the road for us. The cabs then drove us to Salto and over the border. It was nice in Salto but fairly boring. We went to the thermal baths there which was nice. They were so warm which wa ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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

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