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Argentina & Uruguay

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March 15th 2009
We head southeast to Argentina's Lake District, Bariloche. The town sits on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapi. Here we take a cable car to a lookout point, Cerro Campanario to see one of the world best views as voted by National Geographic - pity it was cloudy, windy and extremely cold! Bariloche is also renowned for its chocolate and there are huge shops selling hundreds of flavours of chocolate ... 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