{"id":1366,"date":"2025-05-10T20:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/?p=1366"},"modified":"2025-05-10T20:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:57:19","slug":"trinidad-artigas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/en\/2025\/05\/10\/trinidad-artigas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trinidad to Artigas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This time I&#8217;m heading from Trinidad to Artigas, the capital of Artigas department and a border town with Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This distance is about 450km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m going to cross Uruguay from south to north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc9b7d63ba8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc9b7d63ba8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1345\" height=\"840\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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