More sheep than I have ever seen in one go in my life

Bariloche & Route 40 - fun and games in the middle of nowhere

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November 14th 2006
When we left Mendoza in the bus it was pretty warm . . . 20 hours later we arrived in Bariloche and, although of course it is that much further south and is therefore going to be colder, I hadn't quite twigged that fact. The bus had been very warm - too warm - and I stepped out into the open air in a t-shirt. Blimey. That was a bit nippy. After I had recovered from the shock of the cold (which, ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » San Carlos de Bariloche

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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