Perito Moreno Glacier

Glaciers and Mountains

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January 25th 2007
For the last week and a bit I´ve been getting in touch with nature in Patagonia, which is the very very south of Argentina and Chile. After a 35 hour bus ride from Bariloche (yes 35 hours!), we were in El Calafate, Argentina! I was with two chirpy Northern Ireland girls named Julie and Kate that were from the Spanish school in Bariloche and by coincidence were on the same bus to El Calafate, so w ... read more

South America » Argentina » Salta » Cafayate

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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