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December 15th 2008
My goal of doing a complete circuit of South America had failed, but only to the tune of roughly half the continent. Distances had again proved to be my downfall. It takes less than a day to traverse England, a yardstick wholly inadequate for applying to most other non-European countries, let alone continents. Brazil was the stand-out omission (I'm not counting my couple of hours at Iguazu), wi ... 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

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John McCabe

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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