Plaza Independencia (one more time)

Mendoza...Whitewater Swimming and The real life Tour de Franzia

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February 22nd 2009
After saying goodbye to Ashley on the afternoon of January 18 I made my way from the airport to the large Retiro bus station in Buenos Aires. I intended to make my way across the country to the Mendoza region, the area that produces about seventy percent of Argentina’s wine. I searched the terminal for buses that left almost immediately and eventually found one that left around 9 pm. With tha ... 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