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El Calafate and El Chalten

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January 24th 2009
Waiting for the bus with Celine from the hostel in Bariloche I had managed to quit smoking for about one and a half days after the New Year but crumbled in the face of the forthcoming enforced 36 hours of non smoking on the bus. Before geting on I met Tom and Hannah from England and Wales and it turns out we were very well met seeing as we´ve had a pile of adventures since and are about to embark ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

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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