Sea Lion, Punta del Este

Uruguay

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March 9th 2009
After being away 'travelling' for a little over 5 months but not actually feeling like I had done any travelling I set off on 3rd of March for the start of a new adventure - South America! I took a flight from Guatemala City to Montevideo, Uruguay which was relatively painless but the two legs of 4 hours (via Lima) meant that I didn't get any sleep on the plane. I arrived in Montevideo at 5am o ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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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