Sun up at Buenos Aires
As we board our plane to Patagonia
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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 a... [read more]
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Date: February 22nd 2008
Matt Writes - Sad to leave Buenos Aires we fly due south into Patagonia. El Calafate is close to 3000km south of the capital, deep in Patagonia and almost the end of the inhabited Earth. The town itself was not particuarly charming, its existance now purely for tourism/overpricing and the constant gale blowing off Lake Argentina. However, it was the place to plan trips to the infamo ... read more
Date: February 22nd 2008
Matt Writes - Sad to leave Buenos Aires we fly due south into Patagonia. El Calafate is close to 3000km south of the capital, deep in Patagonia and almost the end of the inhabited Earth. The town itself was not particuarly charming, its existance now purely for tourism/overpricing and the constant gale blowing off Lake Argentina. However, it was the place to plan trips to the infamo ... read more
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Route so far: England to Ecuador, to Peru, to Bolivia and into Brazil quickly - for Rio Carnaval, then Argentina and Chile and over to New Zealand for a month, into Australia for a quick visit to lots of lovely friends and plans now are to visit Asia for a few months.
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