Central Montevideo

Laid back Montevideo

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February 23rd 2008
Day 117: Sleepy Montevideo I arrived at the port bright and early, and having checked in my luggage and cleared immigration, I boarded the boat, hoping to use the journey as an opportunity to catch up on sleep. Used to the roaring temperatures of Buenos Aires, I hadn´t really planned my trip across to Uruguay so well and had failed to put a jumper in my hand luggage. With icy cold air condition ... 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