Ferry crossing to Tierra del Fuego

Downhill start for 2006

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January 4th 2006
(travels from 31 December 2005- 5th January 2006) Wishes from Mar del Plata My second visit to Buenos Aires (this time with Ted) only lasted 8 days after which, as soon as Grant arrived, the 3 studges and myself rode down to Mar del Plata. the rain stopped us in our tracks there and fate made us spend a fairly uneventful new year's eve 2006. Interesting enough to be in a different p ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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