Puerto Natales from the air

Parque Nacional Los Glaciares

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January 26th 2005
I flew on a small two prop airplane from Puerto Natales, Chile to El Calafate, Argentina. I was the only person on the flight. Too bad they didn´t fly over Torres del Paine like I had hoped they would. I guess if I was a pilot I wouldn´t feel too comfortable flying over an area with treacherous winds and thermal updrafts. We instead flew over the Patagonian steppe. ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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