La Boca, Buenos Aires

Leaving the big smoke soon...

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February 16th 2006
We are soon to leave the comforts - and discomforts of the big city. Kieran summed up getting around pretty well today: walking in Buenos Aires involves constant dodging of other pedestians and avoidence of stepping on to the road (The footpaths are all about three foot wide and the traffic is constant, fast and arrogant, if traffic can be arrogant) dodging too of dog poo, lots of, dodging of the ... 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