Montevideo

The full Montevideo...

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January 7th 2009
Well what can I say?? I have stumbled on South Americas best kept secret - Uruguay! What an awesome, cool, laid back country it is (apart from EVERYONE smoking). The capital Montevideo is absolutely lovely and as for the beaches in the east, they are just as good as home. The surf is pumping and the sand goes on forever. The people are so friendly and it is very safe. It really reminds me of ... 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