Colonia

Hello & Goodbye Uruguay

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February 22nd 2010
We now know why other backpackers called Uruguay the ¨budget breaker¨ and opted to camp during their stay here as it is expensive! For this reason, we decided only to make a quick stop in Colonia (2 nights) and Montevideo (3 nights). While we did consider camping at one point, we decided it wasn´t worth having to buy camping equipment for only a few nights, especially since we would just leave ... read more

South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

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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