On the road to Villa la Angostura

Patagonian Adventure-PART III-Villa la Angostura

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January 1st 2007
PART III: Villa La Angostura: January 1-2 Despite the relaxed atmosphere and beautiful landscape of San Martin de los Andes, this city is visibly a ski resort built for tourists or wealthy Argentineans. There was, in my view, a lack of authenticity as the Switzerland architecture seemed displaced. On the morning of January 1, we headed to Villa la Angostura through a green road surrounded ... 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