Maradona

Stop 8: Buenos Aires

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September 15th 2010
After our last, not particularly comfortable night bus journey down to foz do iguacu (it was a bus more typical of our not so beloved National Express), we decided to begin our experience of argentine night travel in style and splashed out on 1st class tickets for the 15 hour journey down to Buenos Aires. We were not disappointed.  For the equivalent of £10 more each, we had a 3 course meal comp ... 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