Carol chillin' with a beer

Day 29 – Montevideo, Uruguay

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January 3rd 2013
Our last shore day and this cruise has come to an end all too soon. On your first day out of the embarkation port you feel you will be gone forever, but the time flies by so quickly. Tied up at the main Montevideo pier at 0800 and were off the ship in a flash (after hitting Jimmy). Big surprise last night…. As part of Steve’s “Ultimate behind the Scenes” ship tour yesterday, we returned to ... 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