El Calafate to El Chalten 19

El Calafate to El Chalten

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February 22nd 2011
After a basic breakfast of day-old sliced baguette, jam/butter, a croissant and coffee, we headed out to Los Glaciares National Park via a less-travelled back road. Along the way we saw many birds of prey which preferred the easy food of road kill than having to work for their kills. We stopped by a road house with a flock of sheep and a chulengo, a baby guanaco. I think they were meant to draw ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Chaltén

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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