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Festive Wine Country, Incredible Mendoza, Argentina

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February 23rd 2009
Aaaah, another overnight bus 😊 This one was supposedly a direct route from Valparaiso, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. In Valparasio we got to the station fifteen minutes early to catch the 9:30pm bus only to find a local shuttle van waiting for us?? After ONLY a 2 hour shuttle we arrived at our Cama bus, that for some reason departed about 200 KM outside of town! Haha. From there it was a ... read more

South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza

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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