Big City!

On our way home for the day we had to cross a road with about 12 lanes, all going one way

March 9th 2008
Buenos Aires is everything it's cracked up to be - busy, crazy, beautiful and historic. We arrived bleary-eyed after an overnight bus from Mendoza, and were instantly struck by the sensory overload that comes with such a huge city. The drivers are a little crazy, the buildings haphazard but beautiful and the locals by and large well-dressed and beautiful. We had booked a hostel in one of the n ... read more

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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

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Peter Stonestreet & Jacqueline Mascini

Stipey and Jacq

We are two Australians (both geologists) who are doing a one-year around the world trip through South America, North America, Europe and Asia. So from the outset, apologies to non-geological folk for the frequent references to mining, bedding, alteration and volcanoes! We have more or less finished our five months in South America, and are a little sad to be leaving such an amazing (and cheap!) continent. Next up we have two-and-a-half months in the western USA and Canada. We then fly through Europe to Hong Kong and Yunnan Province, China, and then begin the overland trip home to Australia thr... full info

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