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The End of the Road: Melancholy and the infinite striving OR Fogerty you F%#&! Guess you were right...

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November 28th 2009
Antarctica or Bust? I guess calling it "busted" at Ushuaia - for now. Or rather broke. Financially broke, yes, but I'd rather imagine this as though late last night a great wave washed down a dreamy river, down from the mountains to the north, down to the coast and broke there against the lapping waves at Lapataia. At the end of the road and of the world as I, for the time being, will know ... 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