Perito Moreno

Glacier Hunting

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June 24th 2006
PERITO MORENO I have just finished my excursion to Perito Moreno. Patagonia is a lovely place and the province of Santa Cruz that we are in apparently only has 200,000 residents and it is three quarters the size of spain and portugal which has 65 million residents so it feels like you are the only person here. On the first day we went hiking through the wilderness and around what is said to be ... 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