Montevideo building

Uruguay - Montevideo and Punta del Este

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March 12th 2010
We got our taxi across town to the port to get the ferry over to Colonial in Uruguay. It was sad to say goodbye to Argentina because it was such an amazing country. A country of colour and dog poo. Colourful buses, colourful buildings, colourful people and lots of dog poo!! We made it to the port after our taxi driver stalled about 50 times, checked in and got on the ferry. I hadn’t been fe ... 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