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Stop 9: Mendoza (La Tierra de Sol y Vino) 

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September 22nd 2010
Thursday was Steve's birthday and in order to celebrate we planned to stay somewhere more lavish than our usual choice... The bus! Due to our lengthened stay in Buenos Aires and a little problem Steve seems to have with dates (see 1st blog), he arranged for us to wake up on his birthday on the bus and this time not as luxurious as the last! However this journey did have it's positive points: Ell ... 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