When is a door that is not a door?

Gone with the wind or, at least, because of it!

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October 15th 2006
Nick: Wind. I could just type that one word, and finish the entry and you'd get a pretty good idea of our status! Since we last wrote we have ridden hard, at least by our standards, and fought our way 800miles north to the city of Mendoza, in readiness for our traverse of the Andes into Chile. Its been a bitter sweet journey with spectacular views, mountains and high plateaus. Our journey f ... 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