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Google Earth image
showing GPS track the tour of
Montevideo (red) |
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Looking north.
We took
the Princess City City Highlights
Tour of Montevideo. The guide
was a tall blonde Danish woman who
married a Uruguayan. She moved
to Uruguay in 2002. She knew
the local history and was an
excellent guide.
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water offshore shown as dark blue
should really be the same brownish
color as the near shore water.
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Soldiers celebrating a patriotic
holiday |
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Legislative Building |
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A
magnificent structure with
outstanding stone work. |
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Guarding the Constitution |
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Bronze statute commemorating pioneer
settlers |
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Soccer Stadium |
Soccer is very important in
South America. Locals
here are still celebrating a
World Cup victory over
Brazil some 50 years ago.
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Park on the Rio de la Plata honoring
the Navy |
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really an estuary, not a river.
The brown water is typical of this
water body. It is quite
shallow and we were told the bottom
sediment stirred up by wave action
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After
the call at Montevideo the ship
sailed overnight to Buenos
Aires, Argentina, thru a narrow
dredged channel. |
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