View from our Hotel door

To the end of the World

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October 29th 2011
Day 16 – Thursday 27th October We did not want to leave our nice warm bed this morning to get on the bus, but a new adventure is calling. We had a quick breakfast, grabbed our backpacks and settled the bill. Luckily there was a taxi across the road, he was friendly and we discussed kangaroos and koalas from Australia and penguinies (penguins) from Argentina. When I say discuss he said Austra ... 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