The ecological reserve

the City of Tango

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October 19th 2008
Buenos Aires, Argentina, the southern city that never sleeps, the Paris of the South (though more NYC in feel and senses), received us with charm—and a public demonstration that blocked the highway from the airport to town. We were too tired to notice or take pictures. We immediately had lost luggage (Mark’s Thermarest) but we arrived rather unscathed. Our "4 star" hotel was decidedly less t ... 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