The glacier, lake and mountains behind

Perito Moreno

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January 10th 2009
More gawping at glaciers A short bus (5 hours) from Puerto Natales took us back to Argentina and to El Calafate. El Calafate is a real tourist hotspot, particularly because a magnificent glacier called Perito Moreno is only an hour away. Being a tourist hotspot also means it is horrendously expensive, so for the first time on our trip we booked into a dorm room for 2 nights. One n ... 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