The gate to Colonia

Sunshine, more meat and strutting along the beach

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January 13th 2009
Back in Buenos Aires we ended up staying at Ayres Portenos again. The flight had been delayed by a few hours, so the familiarity was good late at night. We even got into the Argentine way of doing things and went for a big steak at 12.30am. I’m still not convinced that going to bed on a full stomach is the best way of achieving a svelte look, but when in Rome. We took the opportunity to see ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este

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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