Frolicking Whales and The Biggest Icecube Ever! Puerto Madryn to El Calafate
June 15th 2006 It all started with our first big bus journey to Puerto Madryn from Buenos Aires, a total of about 16 hours. We were pretty impressed with the buses, much better than National Express, we went 1st class which meant huge leather seats, a 3 course dinner (served by the onboard host) and brekkie - not bad!
Puerto Madryn is a favorite seaside haunt for the Argentinans but as it was winter the prom
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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 
