La Paloma Lighthouse

March 25th 2011
After trying to sleep off our Paddy's day hangovers, being dropped off at Concordia, which was the border of Argentina & Uruguay but felt like the middle of nowhere and then being driven to the border in the most beaten up old fiat of a taxi (which had no front bumper and more dents than del boys 3 wheeler),we finally made it to Salto, in Uruguay. It was to be our farewell to Mark and Nicky, who h ... read more

South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

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

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Slide Away to Chase the Sun.......Again

Tony and Perdy

We plan to blog our trip & would like to invite you all into the no doubt crazy and turbulent 2 year journey ahead ! It has already been a rocky road before we have even left, but since when has a broken arm in 4 places and pending operation ever stopped me! Also extremely pleased to report mums good progress with her treatment which enables us to go. Therefore.... our route is as follows: 9-14 February - 5 day's in New York for Tony's birthday 1 March - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the almighty Rio Carnival 10 March - Ilha Grande, Brazil 12 March - Paraty, Brazil 15 March -... full info

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