Buenos Aires

Following the tourist trail in Buenos Aires

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June 28th 2008
We arrived at our hotel at around 8am after a 20 hour bus journey. We were in Buenos Aires. The city of ‘good winds’ so-called because the good winds made it easy for sailors to get there. I had a bit of a sleep and we were ready to start exploring by 11am. First stop was Café Tortoni - the oldest café in Buenos Aires at 150 years old. It had a very European feel to it and it was unsu ... read more

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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