Actual Skeleton of a Blue Whale

Beached on the sand nearby, this whale was unable to live in the fresh water of the Rio de la Plata. Ballen Azul, it's called, was found in 1983.

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Little Town with a Big History

February 2nd 2010
Geo: -34.4771, -57.8386 Everyone said we'd love Colonia. Everyone. Our slow, meandering bus ride from Frey Bentos took FOREVER, but we finally arrived and walked, dragging suitcases up beautiful bumpy broken tree lined streets, to our hotel. We loved the city immediately. But of course, everywhere we've been we've thought--how clean! how quiet! how lovely! Sounds like we did ... read more

South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento

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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