Punta del Diablo

Better Times
from: "Devil's Point!" By rosalind

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.

5 days ago: lazyal published a blog
Punto del Diablo

November 29th 2008 South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo
...and then I was off again to Uruguay - hadn´t intended to go but I´d heard there was a cool hostel in a fairly rustic town called Punto del Daiblo. With Gigi´s suggestion of sleeping tablets to make ... 24 photos [full story]

6 days ago: Coltraner published a blog
Pa drift

November 28th 2008 South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo
Sitter pa en buss fran Colonia de Sacramento destination Montevideo. Utetemperatur + 33, busstemperatur +17 jag fruktar for mitt liv temperaturskillnaden kan inte gor mig nog inte gott men kanner mig ... 37 photos [full story]

33 days ago: Ketty published a blog
Uruguay

November 1st 2008 South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo
Hej hej, spet se oglasava, tokrat iz Urugvaja. Ce bi poskusala Urugvaj opisati v nekaj besedah... pokrajina je zelo podobna nasemu podezelju, le da je vecinoma vse ravno. Povsod se pasejo kravice, ko ... [full story]

52 days ago: rosalind published a blog
Devil's Point!

October 8th 2008 South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo
Hola bambinos! This entry is pretty scattered. It´s hard keeping up with these things when you´re at hostels and can´t write much at a time. Bummer, huh? The other morning I decided to make a li ... 14 photos [full story]

176 days ago: The Ziggz published a blog
The Uruguayan Adventures of Ziggy n' Kelly

June 11th 2008 South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo
Just so nobody complains, I am warning you right now that this is a LONG entry…pero sí que vale la pena leerlo. Planning ahead, we bought our Buquebus tickets the day before our trip. The bl ... [full story]

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