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Top of the World at the Bottom of the World

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June 12th 2007
Today was the first morning that I woke up to zero precipitation, and there was this strange yellow-orange glow-y ball in the sky. I decided it was my chance to see what this place looks like from above. So before class (those early to rise Argentines start the school day at 1:00 pm) I rode the teleférico (Gondola) up to Cerro Otto, the mountain that rises above my barrio. At the top is a r ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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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