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Tandil on the pampas

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January 16th 2008
We travelled down here on Sunday afternoon across nearly 400 km of dead flat but heavily cultivated pampas, the trip only interrupted by the bus breaking down about three and a half hours into the trip. Some problem with the brakes! Fortunately a local mechanic with a couple of pliers and a bit of wire got us sorted in about 30 minutes. On our first evening we met a lone German, Jurgen, who was ... 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