The scenery

The chocolate and the scenery

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June 26th 2008
Goodbye Chile. We left for Bariloche and Argentina today on a bus that took around 7 hours. Amazingly passport control went without a hitch - although my bag was one of those picked out by another friendly dog (a professional sniffer dog this time though) to be checked. It was pretty much turned upside down and inside out. The guy even unzipped my washbag, unwrapped some of the souvenirs I had ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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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