José, Cold, on the Road to Cafayate

Salta, Argentina

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March 20th 2005
After 4 weeks in Santa Cruz, it was time for me to leave. It was a wild, crazy time there, and i met a lot of people, but i wanted to get on the move again. So it was off to salta, argentina - back into the semi-developed world. Or so i thought. After an uneventful 12 hour busride from santa cruz to the southern border town of yacuiba, i arrived groggy and disheveled to the "aduanas integrad ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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