Men at work

We had been steeling ourselves for a tough 50km including a 30km climb. All our maps said it was unpaved. Imagine our disappointment when we arrived at the relevant junction and these 4 gentlemen informed us that they have had just paved it. They then offered us some mate and assured us that even though they had paved the road it was still very steep.

Marlague (Argentina) to Belen (Argentina)

May 29th 2006
"Do you understand any of that? Pantagruel asked the company; and Epistemon replied: I think that it is the language of the Antipodes. The devil himself couldn´t get his teeth into it. Then said Pantagruel: My friend, I don´t know whether the walls can understand you. But not one of us can make out a syllable." (Book 2, Chapter 9, Gargantua and Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais) The abov ... 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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