Glacier

Day 18

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February 4th 2011
We had read that one of the “must do” things in this part of the world was to see the glacier Perito Moreno. So we headed off early in the morning. There’s three activities that you can do in regards to see the glacier, a boat trip, a walk around the viewing platform and glacier trekking. The glacier trekking, while it sounded fantastic, was too expensive so we stuck to the boat trip and th ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier

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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