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.
March 10th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Met een tussenstop in Rio Gallegos komen we in Ushuaia toe. De bijnaam van de stad is . Het grijze wolkendek dat we er aantreffen past perfect bij een het-einde-van-de-wereld-sfeer. Ushuaia is natuurl ... 48 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia April 23, 2008
Waking up on a bus is always hard. We travelled for 18 hours through Pantogonia to a town called Rio Gallegos where we hoped to catch a bus to Ushuaia (home of tierra del Fuego) but ... 10 photos[full story]
May 4th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Ushuaia has nicknamed itself "The End of the World", a fact with which you're bludgeoned over the head like an overly trusting penguin as you wander its streets, however it's difficult to justify such ... 42 photos[full story]
May 3rd 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Yes! We made it! Before crossing the finish line let me bring you up to date with the final stages of our journey. After a boring drive across the Argentnian pampas we entered El Calafate surrounded b ... [full story]
April 29th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Day 207 - Monday 14 April
It was another early start and at 8am the bus set off for Ushuai. Even though Ushuais in Argentina the only way to get there by bus is to first pass through Chile, so I h ... 3 photos[full story]
February 4th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Hello! I hope everyone is well, not too sick of winter, only one month to go!
I haven’t written a blog for ages so I’ll try and keep this one short but I can’t guarantee it! Las ... 25 photos[full story]
April 25th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia
Long and short of it... we are bored. We took a bus from San Pedro to Salta in Argentina, spent two days there (lovely) and then flew South to Ushuaia in Tierra Del Fuego. Why? i hear you cry... wel ... [full story]
March 17th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Heading out of Puerto Natales I jumped on a bus headed to Ushuaia, the "southern most" city in the world (Depending on what you define as a city). On a quick bus change I ran into to Tim, a Swiss guy ... 57 photos[full story]
April 23rd 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Dag allemaal,
Eind maart zijn we vanuit Santiago met de Tur-Bus naar Puerto Varas gegaan.Het was een nachtrit van 12 uur en het viel gelukkig allemaal mee want je kon bijna liggen in de stoelen.E ... 55 photos[full story]
April 18th 2008South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia Hi there!
Today we went for a 4 hour walk up to the top of a chairlift 7km from town and back. We couldnīt quite make it to the Martial glaciar as the snow was too thick. this really is an amzing p ... [full story]
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