Ushuaia airport

El Calafate and El Chaltèn

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November 6th 2012
Calafate sits on the edge of Argentina 's largest lake 1600 sq kilometre of milky blue glacier water, as our bus drove past the lake we could see icebergs floating in the lake. Our main reason here is to visit the glacier Perito Moreno which is a couple of hours by coach away from Calafate and to travel onto El Chaltèn to see the mountain Fitz Roy. We took the coach to the glacier, first it ... 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