The Lighthouse in Colonia

A little Trip to Uruguay

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December 26th 2007
Having walked the length and breadth of BA the day before we succumbed to the attraction of both hitting our 40th country so the next day we took a short trip in el Buquebus (Boat) over to Uruguay for the day. The boat left at 7am so we got to the port with plenty of time until Sheena breaks the news she has left her customs papers in the hostel....no trouble. We got from the port-hostel-port (t ... read more

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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