El Chalten

El Chalten

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April 5th 2007
We spent 2 days in El Chalten to trek in the snow. It was a fairly quiet little town. Unfortunately we were unable to climb FitzRoy because of the weather. We then headed up towards Barriloche (lake district) via Ruta 40 which is basically dirt track which took about 2 days to get to. Pasemos 2 dias en El Chalten para caminar por el nieve. Era bastante calma en el pueblo. No pudemos subi ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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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