Lighthouse, Punte del Este, Uruguay

Punte del Este, Uruguay and Rio Grande, Brazil

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February 16th 2016
Having passed the half way point in our holiday, we left Buenos Aires ...a beautiful city, and headed back to Uruguay to start our homeward bound cruise. Punte del Este is a peninsula with golden sandy beaches and very up market resorts. A very calm, attractive place. Then oh so very different we arrived sailing up the Rio Grand past fishing villages to the town ...a very working class Brazilian p ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio Grande do Norte

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more