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Iguazu Falls

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August 19th 2007
After another 17 hours in yet another bus, we arrived in the tropical north, at the Three Fronteras of Argentina, Paraguay y Brasil. Twelve miles upstream from this border of 3 countries, divided by the convergence of 2 rivers, is the Cataratas of Iguazu, the second largest waterfalls in the world, with sometimes as many as 200 individual falls. On the Argentinean side, open air trains took us thr ... read more

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park

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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