Latitude: -34.5875 S Longitude: -58.6725 W Capital: Buenos Aires
Travel in Argentina
A total of 92 members have visited 166 locations in Argentina.
Together they have written 387 travel stories and uploaded 3017 pictures from Argentina.
Last visit in Argentina was made 2009-11-09 by chrisnjenn who was in Buenos Aires.
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Short introduction to Argentina
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 dictatorship was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983, and numerous elections since then have underscored Argentina's progress in democratic consolidation.
After a 12-hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to the balmy north of the country, I disembarked with another Peace Scholar in Resistencia, the capital of the province of El Chaco. This was one of the toug...
The last few days have been interesting to say the least. We took off from Arequipa to try to make it into Argentina as quick as possible. The route back down through Santiago (Chile) was definately f...
Mendoza is famous for its wine and olives. The best way too see it is to hire a bike and do your own tour of the vineyards and olive groves and, obviously, sample a broad cross section of the availab...