EL CALAFATE

PERITO AND CALAFATE

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April 14th 2009
Arrived in very cold Calafate. Gareth and Hinesh was to catch the next bus to Rio Gallegos so we separated ways in tme main street. I wanted to go to America del Sur hostel i follwed the directions from the map posted in the bus station but I got confused and lost and have been looking for it for 30 minutes walking withquite heavy pack, got annoyed, then decided to try the hill, and that was the ... 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