National Cherry Party!

An unplanned stopover

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February 19th 2009
I didn't plan to stay in Los Antiguos. But when you arrive in a town, and find that the next bus out isn't for 2 days, you generally end up staying there. Not knowing a great deal about the place, I hastened for the tourist office, to find there were a couple of nice walks around the area. Even better, is that Los Antiguos is the cherry growing capital of Argentina, and one of the farms does a ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz

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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