From the bus window

On the R40 road to Bariloche

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February 14th 2008
Ok it wasn't quite the road to nowhere but the bus ride from El Chalten to Perito Moreno is like an as yet unfilmed Werner Herzog film: hours and hours go by with nothing happening, the scenery along Ruta 40 is mesmerising in its sameness and its vast emptiness. The trip itself: Day 1 El Chalten to Perito Moreno town (not glacier) As the 40 odd (sic) passengers gathered for the bus in El Chal ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz

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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