on the way to Harberton

El Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia

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January 31st 2008
We arrived in Ushuaia to be met at the bus stop by people from the apart hotel we were staying at for the next five nights. A good and unexpected start. The hotel was a mere three blocks from the seafront - three uphill blocks, but they got easier with repetition. First evening we just went out for a drink and bumped into a Brazilian couple we had seen on our day trip to Peninsula Valdez. Back ... read more

South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

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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