Cerro Torre

Glaciers and Granite... yum!

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April 13th 2006
After a couple of lazy days in Puerto Natales (Chile) after the tree incident, I headed north to El Calafate in Argentina to visit the Los Glaciers National Park. This park contains a whole bunch of glaciers and also the Mount Fitzroy area further north near the town of El Chalten. The first thing on the agenda was organising a rental car - the cheapest option for visiting the Perito Merino Gla ... 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