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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]
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] Blog: Posadas--Back to Warm, Flowering Lands
Date: August 20th 2010
Ah, the romance of train travel. Many had warned me to take the faster 13-hour, luxurious bus ride replete with wine and meals, from Buenos Aires to its terminus in Posadas. But no, I needed to stretch my little pot of gold, so that it would last three years. At 11 pm, the impressively named, but quite ancient Gran Capitan, packed to the gills, chugged off on its supposed 24-hour journey to Pos ... read more
Date: August 20th 2010
Ah, the romance of train travel. Many had warned me to take the faster 13-hour, luxurious bus ride replete with wine and meals, from Buenos Aires to its terminus in Posadas. But no, I needed to stretch my little pot of gold, so that it would last three years. At 11 pm, the impressively named, but quite ancient Gran Capitan, packed to the gills, chugged off on its supposed 24-hour journey to Pos ... read more
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