View of Tacuarembo - does anyone else think this looks like Australia...?

The Ranch- Uruguay

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July 9th 2008
Okey dokey... now were into interesting times.... We were pleasantly surprised by the buses in South America. Talk about luxury....picture first class in an aeroplane. we had a double decker bus, with fully reclining individual seats, so it really felt like you were floating. However we then had to get onto a truck to head to the ranch.... talk about a juxtaposition! But on to the ranch we went ... read more

South America » Uruguay » North » Tacuarembó

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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