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penguins

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February 1st 2006
January 31st, 2006, evening after Port Madryn penguin colony at Punta Tombo. Day 26 of our cruise of 105, 79 to go. Arrived in port at 8 am, boarded the bus at 8:30 for a total drive time of 4 hours each way, painful, flat dirt road and scrub brush only. We saw only 2 small town, 2 farms and one gas station in all that time. The ground is very dry as the western Pacific moisture does not c ... read more

South America » Argentina » Chubut

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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