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Freewheeling in Buenos Aires

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June 28th 2009
Well its been a hell of a two weeks but I won't bore you with the details... wait - thats not right, I am going to bore you with the details. We got into Buenos Aires about 30 minutes after we left Sydney 14 hours earlier. Sleep had been minimal and jet lag was high. We stumbled through the airport like a couple of zombies and were lucky not to be robbed there and then. After negotiating a taxi ... 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