Cake!

From Uruguay to the End of the World

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February 11th 2011
As good as Buenos Aires was we thought we shouldn't be so close to Uruguay without paying a visit. Our choice of ferry to Colonia, Uruguay was either at 8:45 a.m. or at 12 noon - luckily for us the 8:45 was full so we had to have a bit of a lie in. We were obviously gutted! We arrived in Colonia at 1:30 and headed to the old town, around the coastline to the south; as you go more inland and nor ... read more

South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

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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