Louise in Palermo Park

Bright and bustling Buenos Aires

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November 11th 2009
Hello Everyone Welcome to Louise and Jonty´s travel blog, its taken us a little while to set this up owing in part to slow internet connections in Patagonia but also that we´ve been busy having a great time! Buenos Aires was fantastic, busy, sunny, noisy but above all exciting. Full of life - 40% of Argentina´s population live there. We based ourselves in the trendy neighbourhood, or barrio, ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

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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