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.
July 20th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo Today I woke up literally before dawn as we had to get to the port really early in the morning to get to Montevideo!
This time everything was smooth as we had arrived really early and got into a nice ... [full story]
June 28th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo We arrived in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay after another night on the bus. We had sleeper seats again so it wasn't too bad apart from being woken up in the middle of night at the border crossing ... [full story]
June 26th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo We had to be at the Port in Bueno Aires for 8am arriving on time we checked in for the boat and waited for our 9am departure. It is a regualr occurance to hop over to Uruguay from BA and everything w ... 9 photos[full story]
May 5th 2008South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo
Technology acts against me! Together with an awful work-life balance in my last Montvideo days, technology has not permitted me to upload the wonderful photos I made of house fassaddes. I had this b ... [full story]
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]
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 buss´d along the coast to stay in Montevideo , Capital of Uruguay - 2 nights, ... 7 photos[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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