wendy outside hostel entrance with one of the many live in dogs

Quiet day

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May 21st 2011
With all that excitement yesterday, we've had a quiet day today! so, "what constitutes a quiet day in El Calafate" I hear you ask? Got up and had breakfast and it was cloudy so Gordon went back to bed and I caught up on emails. kindle reading, downloading photos etc. I looked up and suddenly the sky had cleared and the sun was shining down in the snow capped mountains and the lake - the ... read more

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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