Driving through snow and sand

January 26th 2013
Colonia Such a lot has happened in the last week or so I shall try to let photos tell the greater part of the story. The night life has been lively on this trip, I have certainly encountered more cocktails than ever before and also drinking games to go with them! Fun and games - is that where the expression comes from I wonder? Our trip to the Salt Flats was curtailed as so much r ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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

26th January 2013

Dave
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Desert travel.
Ah yes, but did you find the SIGN POST ! and the corner stones for the building plot? and what about that strange shaped hill.

27th January 2013

Lizzie P
Liz Phillips

Sign post
Yes! There was a five way sign post, slightly superior as it had arms on it to name the directions. So funny! I wonder if every desert has an obligatory post in the middle of nowhere? You would love it out there, plenty of opportunities to off road and they are even copying the rills for their irrigation systems. The Bolivians are lovely people too. I had a great time.

27th January 2013

Lizzie P
Liz Phillips

Forgot..
No building plot here - I wonder if my corner stones are still there lol? There are loads of strange hills, and somewhere I have photos of suitable picnic places!

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