Border crossing

Chile to Argentina

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November 23rd 2006
This trip just gets more and more spectacular by the day. Our drive to the Chile-Argentina border was beautiful. More and more mountains appeared round every corner and we continued to see lakes, wild flowers and trees. The border crossing was hilarious. We had to queue for ages just to give the exit paper that we´d received on arrival. We then had to drive about 50 metres before we came to the A ... 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