Invading Uruguay

03.Cheese ham and the devil in Uruguay

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February 3rd 2008
Ham and cheese anyone? Arriving in Uruguay was a welcome reduction of pace from BA. Colonia on the other side of the mouth of Rio de la Plata was a sleepy sunny town, with river beaches and a tourist friendly mind set. Its easy to stroll around it in a day or if you feel especially lazy you can hire a golf buggy and really fly the tourist flag! It was our first taste of hostel life, chatting t ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo

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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