Bariloche

Broke in Bariloche

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December 2nd 2007
After leaving La Cumbre, our plans were to visit Mendoza (wine country!) and then either make a side trip into Chile to see Valparaiso and Santiago, or head straight down to Bariloche in the Lake Disrict. We arrived in Mendoza, and although it was a nice city (and it had taken us 14 hours to get there), we got so excited by thought of camping and hiking in the Lake District and Patagonia, that st ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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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