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Beach at PDE

Uruguay!

January 25th 2015
After spending 3 weeks eating steak and getting fat, what does one do next? Go to the beach of course! Uruguay is directly across the bay from BA, so we decided to take a ferry over to Montevideo (the capital) and make our way down to a beach resort called Punta del Este ("PDE"). It is often called the Monaco of South Amercia. Ok, it has tall condominium buildings and one hotel with a casino, b ... read more
South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este

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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