Buenos Aires (2); The Weekend

Buenos Aires (2): The Weekend's Here

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February 16th 2007
Thursday 8th February to Sunday 11th February, 2007. I'd been in my hammock for about ten minutes when Simon came out wanting his run. He'd realised he too needed to feel as though he was doing something, anything, to retard the growth of his beer belly and wanted to accompany me. I felt strangely rejuvenated running with someone else, it is so much easier and as though the competitive streak t ... 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