Old Paintings at the Cave of the Hands

Patagonia

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January 19th 2008
I spent the last two days on buses, crossing Patagonia - and Patagonia is big. On the first day of the bus ride, we went from El Bolson to Perito Moreno town (not the glacier), a small town in the middle of nowhere. Of course, we left El Bolson 2 hours later than planned, but after all, this is Patagonia. On the second day, we had an excursion to the cave of the hands, which is not really a cave ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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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