looking back

Patagonia won the last round

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March 13th 2009
Decided to take an afternoon bus to El Chalten from El Calafate to do a couple of quick hikes to view Cerro Fitz Roy, big famous peak. My thoughts were to get there in the afternoon, make it to the top in time for sunset and come back at night, then wake up and do a different hike and watch the sunrise, then catch an afternoon bus back to El Calafate and then try to head to Chile to Puerto Natale ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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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