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El Chalten

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January 27th 2008
The guidebook says, "If the sun is out, El Chalten is heaven on earth." My idea of heaven doesn´t include trucks and coaches whipping up dust storms along the gravel high street leaving you with a gritty lining to your mouth, a campsite that we confused for a refugee camp and constant construction works - however we had a wonderful time there with constant sunshine and blue skies for the full 4 d ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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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