Uruguay ( República Oriental del Uruguay ). A voyage to Uruguay, South America - Montevideo, Las Piedras, Tacuarembу , Maldonado...

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Uruguay ( República Oriental del Uruguay ). A voyage to Uruguay, South America - Montevideo, Las Piedras, Tacuarembу , Maldonado...

Well, somebody let the cat out of the bag. Uruguay used to be South America ’s best-kept secret, with a handful of Argentines, Braz...

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Monumento al Ahogado

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTljTlXpUGNMIQw5htUTjxzuiMlppz8ppuK3ng9vLg6xb983wVvVWzYXJqxb4bke7_c1WfHKQ4EMvd6iOboKKq8GQ7Nn-fbQ7ho8BE7lgD6Hl2vAIsLIHOOLrEttHX2MAxMFvXRGw7x_bm/s1600/Monumento+al+Ahogado_tour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTljTlXpUGNMIQw5htUTjxzuiMlppz8ppuK3ng9vLg6xb983wVvVWzYXJqxb4bke7_c1WfHKQ4EMvd6iOboKKq8GQ7Nn-fbQ7ho8BE7lgD6Hl2vAIsLIHOOLrEttHX2MAxMFvXRGw7x_bm/s400/Monumento+al+Ahogado_tour.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>Monumento al Ahogado</b> a sculpture that is very captivating and terrifying. Ptung is shaped five-finger partially submerged in the sand. This place is situated in Parada 1 at Brava Beach in Punta del Este, Uruguay. This is the famous statue that has become a symbol for the Punta del Este since the completion in February 1982, and in turn has become one of Uruguay's most recognized landmarks.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PCLciEx6ZlZl0rRHrZxSUky6PJURg2qbm7fBjntYBK32gn578JlGbCTv0ganl0UtGM4-EvUwPnkHUbXJppLKqcNC5fmal2t27JfYEZqmquQLvvvZJGOyrnIT7I7UXIJ5lVARVbzMdJN3/s1600/Monumento+al+Ahogado-tour.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5PCLciEx6ZlZl0rRHrZxSUky6PJURg2qbm7fBjntYBK32gn578JlGbCTv0ganl0UtGM4-EvUwPnkHUbXJppLKqcNC5fmal2t27JfYEZqmquQLvvvZJGOyrnIT7I7UXIJ5lVARVbzMdJN3/s640/Monumento+al+Ahogado-tour.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />

Monumento al Ahogado

Monumento al Ahogado a sculpture that is very captivating and terrifying. Ptung is shaped five-finger partially submerged in the sand. This...

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