Caminito

Tango and Antiques in Buenos Aires

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October 6th 2006
We left Sucre on a delightful 16 hour overnight bus... the most uncomfortable bus ever (no lovely reclining seats on this bus!). Just lots of people, no toilets and a few chickens underneath the bus... the road was basically a dirt track so sleep wasn´t the easiest thing!!! We arrived in La Quiaca - the border town with Argentina, at 4am... luckily they let us sleep on the bus until 7am. We ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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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