Punta del Este

Birthday in Uruguay

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February 22nd 2010
Days 22 - 27 Due to the way I had planned the trip, I knew I would have some spare days between seeing the falls and meeting up with Nath and Dean in Salvador for carnival. I was unsure where to go or what to do during this time and nobody had recommended anything that really stood out, so I decided to meet Kate (the Aussie girl who I met in Florianopolis) in Uruguay for a few days wh ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo

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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