Glacier Viedma

El Chalten - Disneyland for hikers

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December 7th 2008
Getting to El Chalten isn't that easy. You have to fly to El Calafate and get a bus. Sounds easy, but it isn't. We get picked up at the airport by a cool dude with long hair along with 6 others including an Aussie couple who tell us stories about having stuff stolen from their hotel safe in Columbia and the black market for money exchange in Venezuala - which makes us glad we didn’t visit either ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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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