BA rooftops...

End of the world and back again...

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January 7th 2008
An overnight bus for the 14 hour journey to Ushuaia would have been preferable but unfortunately it didn't exist, presumably due to the ferry crossing over to the island of Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) and the border crossing from Chile to Argentina. The journey, despite having Gauthier for company, seemed very long indeed but somehow that seemed very fitting for a journey to the most southerly ... 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