River!

Uruguay!

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November 8th 2007
Hey Yall! So I haven´t written in a bit... sorry bout that. Colonia was SO amazing! It is just a sleepy little town across the river but it is a world away. We took a 50 min ferry, which looked like a spaceship on the inside, across the river to a different country, and arrived to a beautiful sunny day. People there use many motorscooters to get around and there are gorgeous antique cars all ... 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