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Punta del Este - top place

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March 19th 2014
Punta del Este was a good introduction to the wildlife of Uruguay and their different temperaments. Some were glad to pose with the tourists (see photo 1), whereas others wanted to maintain their distance and just chill out (see photo 2). Unusually, there was an area of town containing clothes shops that just helped you emphasise that particular part of your body that you felt needed bring ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este

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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