Cablecar up the Cerro San Bernardo Mountain

Salta

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July 16th 2006
In my original plans for this trip I hadn't intended to spend much time in Argentina, but everyone I met who had been there told me I really had to go. So I changed my plans round a bit and decided to go to the cities of Salta and Buenos Aires before going to Iguazú for the huge waterfalls and then crossing over to Brazil. The only real way to get from Potosí to Salta was by bus, and it was a ... read more

South America » Argentina » Salta

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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