Ice falling off the wall

A sewer or the doorway to paradise?

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December 3rd 2009
After the most amazing week trekking around Torres Del Paine my next stop was to be Ushuaia in Argentina. Ushuaia is literally as far south you can go in the world without being seriously minted. It is from here that cruises leave to the Antarctic, but unless you have a spare ten grand you will not be stepping aboard one of these vessels. For slightly less money, and I mean slightly, you can ch ... 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