Enroute to Lago Torres

Glorious Glaciers - Trekking in Patagonia

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March 8th 2010
I rumbled over Ruta 40, following the Andes spine down into Patagonia from the Lake District. The bus ride from Bariloche to El Chalten took almost 30 hours, which was exhausting. The scenery along the way was spectacularly barren and remote. There was not a cloud in the sky as the bus chugged past Estancias (farms), roaming llamas and ostriches. Desert fields of dust and sprouting dry grass stret ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

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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