Buenos Aires

South America, Buenos Aires

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February 3rd 2010
Our final blog from BA as we while away the hours in the lounge at the airport. Buenos Aires is fabulous (despite lots of rain!) We disembarked from the ship very early (7am) and managed to re-organise our city tour for the morning that we arrived instead of the afternoon, a good move in the end weatherwise. Our tour guide picked us up from the docks, dropped us at the hotel (Alvear Palace) where ... 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