Cafe in Colonia

Pretty little Uruguay...

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October 19th 2005
Escaped busy BA for calm Colonia! Pretty little old town here, although strangely seems to have very few current residents. Unfortunately it's a bit like a ghost town but with restaurants and shops dotted around for the tourists. Doesn't detract from pretty views out over the Delta though and could just make out lights of BA across the water at nighttime from the restaurant terrace! Don't really n ... read more

South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento

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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