Mr. trantula

thousands of kilometers

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January 9th 2011
This last segment of our trip has been one of great beauty and extreme distance. When I last wrote we were in the hippie town of El Bolson. From there we went to Villa La Angostura, a small town on the coast of the expansive, sparkling lake Nahuel Pan. The roadsides were lined with these amazingly bright, yellow flowered shrubs that exploded with lots of buds. One day was spent on mountian bik ... 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