In front of the old city wall

Uru-Trip

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December 12th 2007
After leaving BA, we spent about a week in the tiny, easy-going country of Uruguay on the way up to Iguazu Falls. We spent this week traveling with our friends Mike and Jenny from Santa Barbara who are currently on the South American leg of a year-long trip around the world. They have been great travel partners, laid-back and flexible and always down to get some helado. A few general observat ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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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