San Martin De Los Andes

Bariloche, the Patagonian Lake District

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May 12th 2006
Having recovered from the 22 hour bus from BA, spent the first day looking around Bariloche as due to low cloud and what felt like bitterly cold weather there wasn´t much else to do. Bariloche is a strange place as the whole area consists of Swiss style shalet building, and is very much geared for summer tourism and the winter ski season. On Wednesday the weather cleared and it became apparent w ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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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