Background: 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 its hold throughout the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.
April 25th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo We took an overnight bus from Porto Alegre, Brasil to Montevideo, Uruguay. It is unusual, but we had the unfortunate luck to go through intensive customs. No rubber gloves, but they woke everybody u ... 15 photos[full story]
March 23rd 2008South America » Uruguay Vanuit Buenos Aires nemen we de ferry naar Uruguay. Nog nooit was het in Zuid-Amerika zo gemakkelijk om de grens over te steken: de immigratieambtenaren zitten hier gewoon gezellig naast elkaar achter ... 32 photos[full story]
March 28th 2008South America » Uruguay After my college buddy Jason arrived from the states for a quick vacation we took a quick tour of Buenos Aires. The usual steak dinner and wine ensued as I tried to bring Jason up to speed on what I k ... 28 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Treinta y Tres An encouraging little Asterix story: I spent the weekend in a little town (or pueblo?) called Treinta y Tres (well, I can explain the name, but as that is a long story, I will add it at another time!) ... [full story]
February 20th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo Going to Uruguay via Buquebus, well the experience was not exactly what we had envisioned. We called to confirm our tickets, which they did, however upon arrival we were informed that when we called ... 12 photos[full story]
April 23rd 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo I've found a prejudice which has definitely turned out to be NOT true!
Let me tell you about the
I've hear a lot of people say that in Latin America, things turn out to be a bit slower than t ... [full story]
April 22nd 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo 6 days ago we were in B A, we have crossed the Rio del Planta,( roughly translated - brown soup river) by ferry boat and bussīd along the coast to stay in Montevideo , Capital of Uruguay - 2 nights, ... 7 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008South America » Uruguay well yesterday was check out day and we picked up a cab about 2:00 pm. This cabbie also spoke some English and said his parents lived in Newark, NJ. Now this is weird as the first cabbie had a siste ... [full story]
April 19th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo On my 4th day in lovely Montevideo, I finally feel like I have (almost) gotten over the the jetlag. Which is a pity, since it's actually quite nice to get up early in the morning.....but then in the e ... [full story]
April 19th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo Sat, April 12
Margaret and I took the Buquebus ferry to Colonia, Uruguay. The Buquebus is a very large car and passenger ferry. It crosses the Rio de la Plata which apparently is the widest river i ... 10 photos[full story]
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