Scooter Troop

Punta del Este

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March 21st 2006
Well bought a bus ticket to Montevideo as told to go no way near Punta del Este... While on the bus I thought, stuff it, I´ll give it a try. So on the Uruguan bus found it even better than Brazilian buses. Same great chairs but also waiter service. So he brought me dinner and a drink (only fizzy water, coke or wine so I had to have wine...). Then film in English, which most people complained abou ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este

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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