La Cobana

Mendoza

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September 8th 2007
I was chatting to an Irish guy at Millhouse, the back packers in Buenos Aires, about travelling north of Argentina and how I hadn't come across back packers in BA who were keen to travel there. Most peops I had met had headed down south and already explored the north. He suggested I head to Mendoza as I would find people keen to travel up... Sure enough I found Tom, a Dutch guy who I instantly bec ... read more

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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