Lighthouse in Colonia

Uruguay ...Montevideo, Punta Del Este, and Colonia

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March 24th 2009
It was time to venture out of BA again. This journey was to Uruguay. First stop Montevideo. A relatively large scale city but not even close to the size of BA. It was the norm...get off the bus try to get your bearings and realize that this is not the bus station you planned to get dropped off at and now the hostel is too far to walk so a cab is necessary. And along with the cab comes payment ... 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