La Casa Rosada
Remember the film Evita? This is the presidential offices and it´s from these balconies that Eva and Juan Peron conducted their rallies. Just my luck they were doing repair work on it when I was there so I couldn´t take the tour...
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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 a... [read more]
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 a... [read more] Blog: Buenos Aires baby!
Date: 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
Date: 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
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So... finished uni, saved some money, and now I'm off on more or less a year's travel. The plan is 4 1/2months in Argentina working on a ranch (as a cowgirl!), back home for christmas, then off to China end of feb for 6months teaching english followed by a little backpacking, ending in Thailand.
I've finished the first half and had an amazing time, and am now back in England catching up with friends and getting organised for China. Little bit scared about this second bit - mainly cos I have to teach (eek!) but also cos once I finally come home I've got to actually find a proper job - booo!... full info
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