La Trochita

Trains, teas and trees

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February 19th 2008
After our first few days in Bariloche we picked up a hire car to drop back south to Esquel and El Bolson. Stopped for lunch in El Bolson and despite my fears it is not/no longer overrun with hippy types despite what the guidebooks might lead you to think. These days they are growing fruit or maybe some herbal tobacco. Seemed like a nice town. Esquel is about 300 km south of Bariloche and just a ... read more

South America » Argentina » Chubut » Esquel

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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