Where´s the sand?

Mar del Plata at maximum capacity

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January 23rd 2007
Finished my two weeks on the cardinal project and now I find myself in Mar Del Plata, vacation hot spot for people who live in Buenos Aires. Talk about extremes! From camp, population 6 to Mar del Plata, population 542,000. Probably more like 600,000 since it is the peak season, where the streets are swarming with Argentine tourists. I still can´t mesh. Vendors pick me out easily as someone who i ... 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