RECOVERED

Los Penitentes-Skiing in the Southern Hemisphere

---

June 27th 2007
4:45am Gem woke me in our dorm room, we tried to pack "quietly", more like a heard of baby Rhinos! Nevermind the Mobile disco that was blaring from Josh's (your typical travelling yank) headphones when we were trying to sleep was worse! Walked through a sleepy Mendoza in a daze, I was still in dreamland when we boarded the bus as I sat in the wrong seats... Oops! Was a seriously busy bus and ther ... read more

South America » Argentina

---

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