View from Mirador Arrayán

The Lake District -- Bariloche, Argentina

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March 24th 2008
The Lake District On Monday morning (3/17--St. Paddy’s Day), we left BA and flew to Bariloche. We considered taking the bus from BA to Bariloche, but the ride is 24 hours long, which was a little much for us. All in all, we spent 1.5 days in San Martín, 1 day driving from San Martín to Bariloche, and 2.5 days in Bariloche. As with BA, we would have liked to have stayed longer in San M ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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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