Trek to Mt Fitzroy

Gluttony in Argentina and Chile

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February 8th 2009
After the delightful Bolivian cuisine of deepfried generic dough, we were looking forward to our time in Argentina, where legend has it, they serve meat as though it is the bottom, middle, and top food group in a 3 tier pyramid. We were not disappointed. After making gluttony our favourite of the 7 forbidden sins in Salta and Cordoba, we hit Buenos Aires for a 3 week vacation from life on the road ... 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