Party a la Refugio

Patagonia - Mountains, Lakes & Glaciers

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February 23rd 2011
Thanks for all your messages on the blog – we enjoy reading them - keep them coming ;-) Most of this section of our trip has been in one area, albeit in 3 different locations - Torres Del Paine in Chile, then El Calafate & El Chalten in Argentina. These 3 locations are all in Patagonia and effectively in one huge national park filled with mountains lakes and glaciers. The shorter and last pa ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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