Chuffing through Patagonia

Trans Patagonia

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December 5th 2005
Most of our travelling around Argentina so far has been by bus. They aren´t really any long distance trains here, but we´d read about an overnight train journey that crossed from East to West Argentina through Patagonia. Sounded good. So for over a week we tried to book tickets online, went into numerous travel agencies in different cities, all without success. Then the guy who sorted our fl ... read more

South America » Argentina » Chubut

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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