Background: 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 and interference in subsequent governments was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983, and numerous elections since then have underscored Argentina's progress in democratic consolidation.
April 4th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza So the plan was to spend some time visiting some of the bodegas in the wine region of Mendoza, and of course sampling some of the produce. It had taken 3 days of travelling to get here from Ushuaia. ... 6 photos[full story]
May 14th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza Day 22
Had a quiet day trying to organise some staff for Patagonia and munching down one last steak before we left BA. Then got the night bus to Mendoza with Col for the 13 hour haul.
Day 23
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May 10th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza We crossed the Andes during the day to get the best views of both the Chilean and Argentine sides. It was a short bus journey, only 8 hours winding our ways up through the Andes to the highest border ... 19 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza I don't know if the big city blues made Mendoza my favorite side trip, but I do rank this city second to our Patagonia hiking excursion. Enjoying the beauty of the fall weather in Mendoza was a real ... 38 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza Can anyone explain how me and Jenny have managed not to kill one another? (*) Weīve spent every waking minute of the past 14 months in one anothers pockets, grubby pockets at that. Surely pychologists ... 14 photos[full story]
April 24th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza As I rushed out of my tent to relive dinner I could not remember what it felt like before this altitude induced sickness came on. It was at this point I started to be afraid that the 19000+ ft summ ... 32 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza The wine tour was a very educational and fun day and although we had a perfect blue sky once more we were oblivious to it from the depths of the underground cellars.
It was a mixed group of Americans ... 7 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza You could sure finally feel the heat in the sun again as we woke and stepped off the bus into the perfect blue sky of Mendoza. Looking at a map its hard to imagine how far we have travelled over the l ... [full story]
April 26th 2008South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza hello there people,
well had a busy last few days. did some hydrospeeding in Pucon which is basically bodyboarding on a whitewater river...it was pretty cool, getting thrown around by the rapids and ... 5 photos[full story]
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