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A very quiet town.

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September 10th 2007
From Montivideo we caught another bus to the city of Colonia, 2 hours on a nearly straight road. We had the pleasure of finding our hostel and making ourselves comfortable, then it started to rain. Our 4th day of rain in 8 months. Our first day in Colonia was spent inside because of more rain. Everyone had said what a gorgeos town it is and very Portugese in the old neighbourhood. The old p ... 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