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One of the old cars that we found still going strong throughout Uruguay  
   

One of the old cars that we found still going strong throughout Uruguay

Uruguay and The End (of our South America trip)

October 13th 2014
Having spent much longer in Porto Alegre's bus station than anyone needs to, we finally boarded our night bus to Punta del Este in Uruguay at ten o'clock at night. We had really not been looking forward to the trip as we weren't able to sleep at all on our last Brazilian night bus (the two ladies behind us alternated between chatting and humming throughout the night), however, when the cheery bus ... read more
South America » Uruguay

Uruguayan Flag 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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