the Fuegan forests

Tierra del Fuego - mile 20,989

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November 25th 2009
To get to Tierra del Fuego we have to circle round the bottom of Chile via Puerto Natales (lots of black necked swans and cormorants) and up to the ferry at Punta Delgada, the narrowest point between Tierra del Fuego and the mainland. As usual we were going to go off-route and nip into Punta Arenas but suddenly the bike went wobbly and all the warning lights started flashing like a little disco - ... 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