Tag: Argentina
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Official Name: Argentine Republic Established: 25 May 1810 (Independence from Spain) Population: 44,938,712 (2019 estimate) Religion: 76.5% Catholic, 11.3% Atheists, 9% Evangelical Protestants Language(s): Spanish Capital: Buenos Aires Order of Visit: Thirty-Second First Visit: 12 December 2009 Last Visit: 21 November 2012 Duration: 15 Days Visit Highlights: – Buenos Aires: Tango Show, Recoletas cemetery, Botanical Gardens,…
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Wednesday 21 November 2012 Highlights: Business class flight to Miami With my flight out of Buenos Aires now confirmed at 9.15 pm tonight I was more optimistic that everything will work and I’ll be in Washington late tomorrow night after 4 flights. This meant today I could actually have the included breakfast. During the morning…
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Tuesday 20 November 2012 Highlights: Stranded in Ushuaia I found out that the national strike was definitely on. Argentina Airlines had changed my flight from noon today to 10.35 pm tomorrow which would result in me missing my connecting (but not linked) flights from Buenos Aires to Miami and Miami to Dallas and finally Dallas…
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Monday 19 November 2012 Highlights – Farewell to MS Expedition, National Strike in Argentina After 11 days on the MS Expedition today was the sad end with one final breakfast and then some farewell hugs as people started leaving the ship and some leaving Ushuaia as well. Today Kurt left the entire tour after us…
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Thursday 8 November 2012 Highlights: Setting sail for Antarctica Boarding of the MS Expedition commenced at 4 pm giving me most of the day to catch up on e-mails, upload photos and explore the city. Checkout was at 10 am giving 6 hours without a room to rest and charge devices.
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The South American leg of my trip covered 11 days visiting Argentina and Chile with the majority of my time in the Patagonia Region. When I first booked this legs activities I was really focusing on the next stage i.e. visiting Antarctica. This lead to quite a lot of pleasant and unexpected surprises. This leg…
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Wednesday 7 November 2012 Highlights: 13 hour bus ride (not really!) Our long ride back to Ushuaia so we could begin our Antarctica voyage tomorrow. There are no international airports in this part of Chile so the bus was our only real option. A few hours into the ride we changed buses and I fired…
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Saturday 3 November 2012 Highlights: Border Crossing, Car Rally Today I left Argentina behind for a 4 day trip inside Chile. On a mostly rainy day the tour group caught the bus to Puerto Natales, home our guide. The bus ride only took about 4.5 hours. The border crossing went well which was a surprise…
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Friday 2 November 2012 Highlights: Perito Moreno Glacier An early morning start again (a worrying trend) and we were off to Perito Moreno Glacier. The local guide and driver were the ones who picked us up at the airport a few days back. We got a history lesson on the way but I was struggling…
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Thursday 1 November 2012 Highlights: Ice trekking on Viedma Glacier, lost iPhone Today the group broke up into our preferred activities, Ben and Nina went bike riding; Kurt, David and Karen went ice climbing and Christopher and myself went ice trekking. The ice trekking and climbing were on the same glacier so five of use…
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