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Day trip to Peninsula Valdes

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July 9th 2006
Oh my god what a day! We got up this morning at 7am and we piled on layers of clothes, cause it´s so so cold here, in spite of what you might think from the pics! We were picked up at 8am by Hugo, the same driver as we had yesterday. Which was lucky for us cause to be honest the people around here don´t speak a huge amount of English, so we gesture at them & use our very basic grasp of Spanish. ... read more

South America » Argentina » Chubut » Puerto Madryn

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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