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.
February 16th 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier Not a great start to the day. I'd forgotten to set the alarm and awoke 10 mins before we were due to be picked up. Fair to say I wasn't popular, but the benefits of a low maintenance hair style was ... 14 photos[full story]
March 5th 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier Een epische tocht van 36 uren door de leegte die Patagonië heet brengt ons in El Calafate. We rijden door een heel erg ontoegankelijke en monotone streek. Uren verstrijken zonder dat het landschap ver ... 12 photos[full story]
March 15th 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier So today was the day we headed to Perito Moreno Glacier and try not to crash the rental car, it was decided yesterday that it would be easier to rent a car between me soren,kjell and aisia and Soren n ... 14 photos[full story]
March 17th 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier El Calafate - the town where carrier bags are banned! Adds an extra challenge to carrying your shopping home!!
From here though we went on a full day excursion to the Moreno glacier which I have al ... [full story]
February 21st 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier After our trekk we cooked a huge meal at our hostel of chicken and veggies with wine and chocolate ice cream and watched "The Power of One." it was a perfect ending. The next day we were up early and ... 6 photos[full story]
February 14th 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier
The highlight around El Calafate, this windswept part of Argentina, is the Perito Moreno Glacier. It´s located in the Los Glaciares National Park, and it´s an arm from the Southern Patagonian Ice ... 35 photos[full story]
February 10th 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier Letadlem jsem se presunul pres nekonecnou plan argentinsky pampy dal na jih do Calafate, abych usetril 2 dny cesty pustinou v autobuse. Hned na letisti se me zeptala jedna pani jestli se nechci podeli ... 20 photos[full story]
February 10th 2008South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier Peak season so it was proving to be very difficult to find accommodation here. The 4 of us (Paul, Pauline and us) desperately phoned around different places and checking out hostels etc on the intern ... 4 photos[full story]
December 16th 2007South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Perito Moreno Glacier We arrived in El Calafate on a mission to see some ice, the bigger: the better!
After traipsing around town and coming to a realisation that this is truly an expensive place, we settled on a one da ... 15 photos[full story]
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