Buenos Aires #1 1st day in BA

Buenos Aires #1

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February 12th 2009
Buenos Aires, the first time So finally arrived in BA, the first day spent around the hostel in San Telmo. It was a Sunday and there was a large, famous street market where you can buy a whole variety of things from t shirts to antiques, it made a fascinating couple of hours. Surprisingly though I was still quite wiped from the travel so it was a fairly quite evening around the hostel. Next mo ... 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