View from Monument de la Bandera, Rosario

Lost in Mendoza's maze

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January 22nd 2007
I bade farewell to Buenos Aires on Monday the 15th and decided to head north-west to Rosario. One of my hostel buddies, Aaron (from Tottenham, but a Liverpool fan!), chose to join me. The bus ride took about 4 hours, which for South America is a tiddler of a journey. Rosario is an attractive university city, very laidback, with a youthful happy vibe. I took to the place immediately. It wa ... read more

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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