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.
May 16th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Cafayate Before leaving buenos aires i visited Palermo - a fairly chic neighboorhood with huge parks - and i even found a vegetarian Indian restaurant there!
Speaking of food, i heard all these things about h ... [full story]
May 9th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta El Solar del Convento in Salta is fantastic! Bubbly on arrival and a massive 220g steak each - we´ve had a fab evening!
Sell your house and come to Argentina NOW!!!!! ... 1 photos[full story]
April 8th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta We´re now in South America and loving it!
We flew from Auckland to Santiago on the 2nd April but arrived in Chile before we´d left New Zealand which wrecked our body clocks for a couple of days and ... 62 photos[full story]
April 15th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta Little did we know the trek that awaited us when we got off the plane at Puerto Iguazu. Out we trotted and headed towards the nearest taxi, but when I gave the driver the address of our hostel he said ... 11 photos[full story]
April 14th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta Day 1 Heres the thing, half way through our bus journey which was supposed to take us upto a place called La quiaca in the North of Argentina, we had a change of heart, we met some english blokes call ... 10 photos[full story]
April 5th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Cachi
Having had such a great day trip to Cafayate, to the south of Salta, we did not believe that our trip to Cachi could be anything other than a disappointment by comparison. How wrong we were. Today t ... 6 photos[full story]
April 7th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta Sorry it´s been so long. Planning to do a trip at a time (the whole thing being 5 trips) so BA to Santiago ...
After leaving Buenos Aires we have a 5 day drive to Ushuaia broken up with a day in Pu ... [full story]
April 7th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta Argentina has amazing diversity in it's landscape! As we drive to Cafayate we go through the Sacred Valley of the Indians, where there is lush green vegetation at the bottom. Nearer the top we are sur ... [full story]
April 4th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta Well...here it goes once again....more fun times to add!!
My time in La Paz was fantastic. I was able to get some shopping done, watch a couple of movies (the new Johnny Depp flick and 10,000 BC), ... [full story]
April 6th 2008South America » Argentina » Salta » Salta Ok.....tried to upload them on to the blog and am having HUUUGE difficulties. So....I have uploaded them on to my Photobucket page. Here is the link:
http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/meakah/P ... [full story]
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