Buenos Aires

pictures before Antarctica

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January 29th 2006
January 29th, 2006, first of 2 days at sea day 24 of our cruise of 105, 81 to go. I opened a bottle of Malbec wine last night. It is a grape grown in the Andes, deep rich red juice: lovely. Every afternoon is tea in the crow’s nest on the 12th floor at the front of the ship: best view in the house. We eat at 8:15pm, the second seating of the Lafontaine ding room. We had asked for a table of 8 ... 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