La Ruta de Los Siete Lagos

Cycling part 2 (Argentina)

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November 12th 2015
We started our 4th day with the Chilean border formalities (once our guides had roused the immigration staff) even though we still had another 22 km up a gravel road before we reached the official border. This was our first serious challenge, in the final 7 km we had to climb 700 m. It would probably have been fine up a paved road, even with the occasional hairpin bend, but on the loose gravel sur ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro

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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