Montevideo, Uruguay

Uruguay

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March 18th 2005
We decided we needed a weekend away from the busy life of Buenos Aires and so Mel, Tracy and I decided to head towards Colonia on el Buque (ferry). We were going to go to Punta del Este to go to the beach, but when we got to Colonia we decided to stay a day and check out the city. It's a nice small city. It's pretty old with some gorgeous views. There isn't really a lot to do there, but it i ... 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