Colonia

Colonia, Uruguay

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March 11th 2007
After yet another 2 hour bus ride (it seems to take 2 hours to get everywhere around here!) we arrive in Colonia and settle in to the worst "hotel" so far - with a bathroom so small you have to put your feet in the shower when you sit on the loo! Again, we don´t have much time here so arrange to hire scooters for a couple of hours so we can see what Colonia has to offer. A good choice, as we ... read more

South America » Uruguay » West » Colonia del Sacramento

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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