Tres Perros Dancefloor

Montevideo and Colonia

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March 23rd 2006
After my fleeting dash from Punte del Este I arrived in Montevideo at 10pm and went straight to the Red Hostel after a subway dinner. Was asleep within seconds and slept through until 10am, having no watch helps with endless sleeping. Had a walk around town and discovered there was nothing to do within minutes, so pottered around the shops and hostel all afternoon. The disaster, the Aussies and B ... read more

South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

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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