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Tierra del Fuego - Island of Fire and Fin del Mundo

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June 21st 2007
We left Buenos Aires on the 21st on Aerolineas Argentina on a flight to Rio Grande (10:30 am - 2:30pm) we actually arrived at our accommodation at 11:45pm that night. Why you ask? Well the plane which because we are tourists we pay double - broke down and had to land at Trelew in the middle of nowhere. The 3-4hr wait turned into 7 and we were a little annoyed. Nothing to do in the airport except ... read more

South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

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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