Relaxing on the porch

Well Kept Secret, Cabo Polonio, Uruguay

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April 12th 2009
With no directions from our bus driver (imagine that) we were dropped on the side of the road just after sunset, no doubt looking a little bewildered at the 1960´s model monster truck parked on a nearby sandy road. We heard there were no official roads to Cabo Polonio and that we would need to hire some sort of "alternative" transportation to get us there...but this was too much, we had to laugh ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Cabo Polonio

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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