Snow-capped Andes

The view from the´plane as we approached Bariloche.

November 25th 2007
Sat 24th Nov: After a nice meal, at Lade´s (the airline company) expense, I returned to the airport and checked in. I joined the rest of travelling group in the depsarture lounge and waited there for three hours with no information forthcoming, so a few of us went back to the check-in desk to find out what was happening. It was then we found out that the ´plane was only going as far as Rio Galle ... read more

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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

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Joe Shevlin

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Retired Headteacher of a London school, who, since the autumn of 2007 has travelled the countries of S. America - with the exception of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana). The first trip began in September 2007 and covered Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru; it ended in mid December with two of those months spent in Brazil and Argentina - the two largest countries. The second trip (March 1 - April 17 2009) was shorter - seven weeks- starting in Venezuela and continuing into Colombia and Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands. Though I had an outline ... full info

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