on the road to Ushuaia 2

Puerto Madryn to Rio Gallegos and Tierra del Fuego

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January 28th 2008
Just what you don´t need when about to catch a night bus which will take you 1200 km south: a taxi that dosn´t turn up to take you to the bus station. We thought ringing up 40 minutes before we needed to go would be fine, stress levels were rising rapidly when the taxi turned up with 10 minutes to get the 20 blocks to the bus station. Of course we made the trip in about six minutes and the bus w ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Río Gallegos

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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