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Obelisco

Commemorating the fourth centenary of the foundation of Buenos Aires (by Don Pedro de Mendoza in 1536 in case you wanted to know!)
Buenos Aires baby!

August 20th 2006
The plane touched down in BA thursday morning, 16 hours after leaving the sniffer dogs and scary policemen with big black guns at Heathrow. Trust me to fly on the day people were planning on blowing up all the planes from london! Still I made it to Argentina without incident, nicely full after 3 (surprisingly tasty) British Airways meals. And I'm proud to say my backpack weighed just 14.6kg! Go ... read more
South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

Argentine Flag 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
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