RIMG0039

Buenos Aires, Mar Del Plata, Colonia and Montevideo

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December 10th 2008
Buenos días señores y señoras! Have been travelling for a week and a half now in and around buenos aires and it has been absolutely awesome! Buenos aires is a huge city, at least 5 times Sydney but funnily enough getting around is about 5 times as easy with the 40c subway system. First thing off the plane I was promptly asked by a very non- official aaxi driver if I needed a ride, but wa ... read more

South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

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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