A long way from home

Day 144 - Our final journey southwards

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November 23rd 2006
There is a business in Ushuaia that operates a sort of taxi service between Ushuaia, the world's second most southerly city, and the Chilean city of Puerto Williams across the Beagle Channel. They have space for 6 people a day and so this morning we headed down to the yacht club to travel by zodiac to Isla Navarino, first getting our Argentinan exit stamps in our passports. We reached Chile a ... 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