Tango dancers in La Boca

Buenos Aires

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January 18th 2009
Arrival in BA! Huge city!!! Got a map from bus station, found a subway (Subte) station and jumped on the tube four stops to centre of the microcentre´. It was 90 cents (so less than 20p for any journey!) and then found our hostel where we were staying for the week (due to so many recommednations from people). It was really good at Milhouse, loads of things going on, freindly staff who would go ou ... 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