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Day Tripper (Colonia - Uruguay)

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October 30th 2008
We took a day trip out to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay (its just a short ferry trip from Buenos Aires). Its a beautiful place for a mini holiday from travelling. Little cobblestone winding streets, great restaurants, cute harbour with views overlooking Rio del Plata and beautiful weather - its enough to put anyone in a brilliant mood for a day. ... 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