Perito Moreno Glacier

El Calafate for Perito Moreno Glacier

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November 25th 2009
We left Buenos Aires (well more like I had to physically remove Deb) and we flew down to El Calafate in Patagonia, we decided we would fly down (we got a great view of the Fitzroy Range) as we only have less than a month left and to do this journey by bus would take too much time out of what we have left. On arriving to El Calafate we were surprised to find a real alpine feel, the air is very, ver ... read more

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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