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Buenos Aires - Day 1

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August 30th 2008
So the big day came and went. After all the build up I've been giving it we just got on the train to London, got on the plane at Heathrow and ........ a long time later, here we are. I'm not sure what I was making such a fuss about ! No doubt this will change after a few weeks, but at the moment it just feels like being on holiday and an absolutely mint one at that ! Buenos Aires is great, th ... 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