Day 5 - In Search of Orcas, Penguins and Sea Lions at the Valdes Peninsula
March 27th 2010 Finally a chance to see some wildlife - our reason for visiting Patagonia (second to the stunning scenery further south). And I did not anticipate the vast numbers we would see. A whole beach full of hundreds and hundreds of penguinos, chilling out with their faces in the sand or stood to attention posing for photos. Then the sea elephants - we didn’t get to see them up close but we learnt some
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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 
