The UNESCO Jesuit Mission, Mendoza

The Final Loop - Wine, Salt and Sand

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March 30th 2011
SANTIAGO LOOP - Wine, Salt and Sand This is our fifth & final blog and tracks our travels from Santiago in Chile, on to Mendoza, Cordoba and Salta in Argentina, then back to Chile in San Pedro de Atacama . Our second bus crossing of the Andes was even more spectacular than our first, despite it taking four hours to just cross the border! Having booked early we had the front seats on ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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