Perito Moreno

Its cold, wet and hard

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March 23rd 2007
We arrived in El Calafate in style in a flying baked bean tin (a LADE plane... imagine Ryanair and then remove all the luxuries)! We arrived in the morning and despite a rather chronic case of cantbearseditis we spent a frantic day organising our lives! We then went to a bird sanctuary, which was more of a mud sanctuary with a couple of token birds than anything else! We´re being a bit harsh... ... read more

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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