Bikini Beach, Uruguay

Punta del Este is still loud

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January 13th 2009
The sun here is really hot. A couple of days ago it was 37 C (approx. 104 F). We enjoyed a good walk on the beach and eventually got lost. I’m embarrassed to admit this but it is true. We even had a map. None of the streets go in straight lines and I did not have a good feel for where we had started. Those are the excuses anyways. We thought we were walking toward the mainland, back to ou ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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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