Patagonia with a sprinkling of volcano ash

Patagonia: minus humans

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October 20th 2011
Well, I can tell you now, you´ll be bored by this. You bunch of heathens clearly have no interest in South America´s natural wonders and just want to be reminded of the lightbulb-head I battled against for a year. Pricks. Anyway, now I´m up to the next stage of my trip that involves flying southwards into icey wonderland and trawling back up the country through some of the most stunning scener ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

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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