Ushuaia from the Channel

Saving the best for last

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December 13th 2007
Our last month was spent mostly camping from Ushuaia (the southernmost city in the world) all the way up to Mendoza. Dave likes to call it the time of a thousand barbecues. In Ushuaia we took a tour of the Beagle Channel to spot sea lions and lots of birds and then visited the Tierra del Fuego National Park in sub-zero conditions. It seems that rabbits are not in the slightest afraid of a litt ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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