Sea Lion Colony near Puerto Piramides

Peninsula Valides

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February 10th 2006
After a luxurious overnight coach trip (full reclining seats, food, wine, films, not what buses are like back home) we arrived in Puerto Madryn (about half way down Argentina on the atlantic coast) which is rather like a windier version of Skegness. After a night we jumped ship to Peurto Piramides, a village surrounded by sand dunes on the peninsula its self and much more pleasant. Managed to conv ... read more

South America » Argentina » Chubut

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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