Vista al Mar

Two Entries for the Price of One

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June 10th 2007
Tomé un excursión hoy. The trip I had planned to San Martin de los Andes had to be called off because the road was closed due to heavy snowfall. So instead I took a boat to Isla Victoria, an island in the middle of the vast lake that defines this part of Patagonia. My Spanish isn’t quite as good as I thought, as I thought I heard the guide say that there was a sanctuary for a type of tree th ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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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