Ballet and fireworks - a BA Christmas 9 de Julio - the widest street in the world?

Ballet and fireworks - a BA Christmas

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December 28th 2015
So the journey back to BA from Torres seemed to take for ever - about 5 hours on 2 private buses was fine and border crossings straight forward but we arrived at El Calafate airport about 4.5 hours before our flight....and there's not a lot to do there! That's where things started to go wrong... While checking in, I managed to trip over my backpack and twinge something in my back, to the extent th ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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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