View over Colonia

The complete BA platter with a side serve of Uruguay

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February 26th 2009
by anna (and david) Pues! Well. We have just spent the last week and a half recovering from a hard core week of "touristing" with Ed and Trace (yes, yes, more friends from LEK). The dynamic duo joined us in Buenos Aires after a couple of weeks touring Patagonia, Iguazu Falls, etc, and there was little rest for the wicked. We settled into the week with some beers by the pool i ... read more

South America » Uruguay » West

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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