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First Day in South America

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October 29th 2006
We finally made it to Buenos Aires early this morning after a 9 hour flight from Atlanta. Fortunately we had both slept on the plane, as we couldn’t check into our hotel until that afternoon and were “forced” to sight-see all day. It was raining when we got in, so we put on our rain gear, dropped off our stuff, and out we went. We are staying in the neighborhood of Palermo, which is a fa ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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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