Lago Hija, (near El Chalten) Argentina

The bottom of the world (and a Right Whale or two)...

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May 20th 2007
The title of this blog originally had the word armadillo in it. However, despite 4 days looking for them on the Peninsula Valdes we didn't even find a trace. This was more than made up for by the MANY sightings of Right Whales just off shore, splashing about and doing their tail / flipper waving thing, but more on that later... Time to start one of our blog entries with a celebration - Cath ce ... read more

South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto Madryn

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more