buenos aires

day 103

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January 30th 2010
another scorching day today, the papers were saying that it was going to get up to 97. bit too much for me, rose wanted to do some shopping so after breakfast we went down to florida street which is the main shopping area had a drink and i left her to it. i headed off up corrientes which is one of the older areas in town, quite a good place to explore but to be fair its so hot and humid after a c ... 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