Galciar Lake

El Calafate

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April 12th 2009
So we arrived into El Calafate by plane, into an airport outside the town. We came outside expecting to see the real Patagonia, but all we saw was brown flat land everywhere. Not quiet what we were expecting. We headed into town and as we travelled a bit we began to see the high snow capped mountains in the distance. El Cal is basically a small tourist town living off the Moreno Glaciar attracti ... 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