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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]
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] Blog: Walking on the Glacier
Date: April 22nd 2006
We saw a poster on ice trekking and ice climbing in our hostel and we decided to give it a try! But then we had to first trek for 3 hours, traverse across a river and trek for another 1.5hr to get to the glacier. Then after ice trekking and ice climbing, we´ll take the same way back. Guess the chance of walking on the glacier is just too tempting that we decided to still go for it despite havin ... read more
Date: April 22nd 2006
We saw a poster on ice trekking and ice climbing in our hostel and we decided to give it a try! But then we had to first trek for 3 hours, traverse across a river and trek for another 1.5hr to get to the glacier. Then after ice trekking and ice climbing, we´ll take the same way back. Guess the chance of walking on the glacier is just too tempting that we decided to still go for it despite havin ... read more
