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Looking South towards Antarctica.
Ushuaia - the tip of South America

February 22nd 2014
I have been in Ushuaia 5 days. The overwhelming feeling (and one that is yet to wear off is that you are at the very tip of the Americas) with only a relatively thin strip of ocean between you and Antarctica. Ushuaia is not a beautiful town but it is a town in a beautiful location. It feels part port and part ski resort. As you might expect from a town that is built at the foot of a mountain ev ... read more
South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

Argentine Flag 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
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