My Antarctic cruise liner struck a leak

It's the End of the World as we know it

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March 15th 2009
Oh come on, don't tell me you didn't see that title coming did you? You didn't? Shame on you. Michael Stipe would be very upset, and so am I. I did play with using "At least its not the end of the world" but I plumped for the obvious instead. I don't regret it at all. Anyway, enough of that. I arrived in Ushuaia quite late at night, so just had enough time to pitch my tent in the lovely P ... read more

South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

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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