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San Juan Slideshow
San Juan
Travel Blogs from San Juan, Argentina
I know it´s been a while
Hey yall, I know it´s been a while and I´m sure a lot of you are worried or just wondering how I´m doing. So, I have a few minutes and thought that I´d at least give you a few quick updatges! My health camp went better than expected! Really, ...
what a night that turned out to be...
Okay, so let´s try to pick up where we left off talking about making miel negra. But first, let me tell you what ended up happening that night after we lost power in the pueblo. So the computers at the internet place had a 5 minute delay ...
no te preocupes...estoy bien no mas
... ....thanks so much! Thanksgiving is coming up and Peace Corps has a huge party in Encarnacion (a large city on the border of Argentina on the Paraguayan side...I still have not visited). The cost is 260 mil which is a lot of our monthly salary and ...
Heading to my site
Hola gente! I hope all of you are doing well! I am still in Asuncion for a few more days but will be leaving for my site on Tuesday. I will not be back to Asuncion until the middle of May so don't freak out if I don't call...it's just not an option ...
Did you know?
Okay, I know it´s been a while...and I´ve had these 2 things that I´ve been wanting to share for quite a while now so here it goes. Did you know that you could die if you eat mango and then watermelon or grapes and then watermelon? I´m not sure ...
More wine tasting, and more dinosaur bones
Another spot of wine tasting and a visit to Parque Provincial Ischigualsto to see some odd rocks and old ...
San Juan and the Valley of the moon
San Juan wasn´t very exciting. Natural History museum with one dinosaur Bus ride to San Augustin de Valle Fertil - Difunta Correa Shrine Valle Fertil Ischigualasto Provincial Park - Valley of the moon Talampaya National ...
Pictures....I hope...
Okay... so I'm already having problems.... with sending pictures that is! I just went to send some pics and it erased my entry. So here I go trying to make it quick! After my last few entries I realized that a good amount of you are still tuned in ...
Barreal and the snow!
... try and get to the observatory :( So will have to go back some time in the future! So another 4 hour bus journey back to San Juan. This bus ride was absolutely freezing, I was shivering most of the way, why so they insist on air con when ...
Moon landing
... writing this weeks later and so my recollections are slightly contaminated by other rocky formations and other dusty towns in the north of Argentina. The hostel can only be described as ´grainy´. I remember that. The food - well, we ate lots of ...
Got my site...and am super excited!
... off of my waistline. Yeah...not so dumb after all huh? So...are you ready... I am going to wonderful (I think), green, San Juan Potrero in the department of Misiones. Yep, you guessed it...its probably called Misiones because there are a bunch of ...
a moment of tranquility
... were probably well into their 70s and still making the trip to and from town to buy and sell goods. As we drove around San Juan Portrero picking up other passengers, groups of school children passed by in their uniforms. Since I arrived in my site ...
San Juan
San Juan is a city just north of Mendoza by about 2 hours. It is nowhere near as well known as Mendoza nor is it as well developed. But there is a sense of calm and tranquility when compared to Mendoza. I came here to check out the parks of ...
Road trip 2
Two destinations for this, our second road trip. First up is a drive to Ischigualasto Park, aka Jurassic Park, aka Valley of the Moon, home to some of the most exciting dinosaur digs in recent years. The oldest dinosaur remains ever found ...
Difunta Correa
Big roadside shrine this - legend has it that a woman - Deolinda Correa - followed her husband on the road during the wars of independence. She died by the wayside, but her suckling baby was found alive - miracle number one. Other ...
so much to tell
My dearest Friends and Family, I have so much to tell you and want so badly to have a whole day just to send emails to each of you (yes...I think of you all more than you know). I´ve been having issues with the internet, AOL (I can´t open it in the ...
Photo update
... we had a chance to update you with a selection of snapshots - Angela's mom visited, we went to Iguazu Falls in Argentina and Brazil, Adam had training (apparently in animal impersonation), lots of work in the schools including starting an 8th grade ...
Wackytown
... couple of months so here they are; all of them current till now! Oh that reminds me. Today we ventured north a few hours to San Juan which is another wine region famous for its Syrah, Valley of the Moon, and Difunta Correa. Difunta Correa is a shrine in ...
about that river... and a bunch of other stuff
Okay... so I started to write and was all excited that finally I would have time and be able to share with all of you my adventures that I´ve been wanting to write for a long time now and BAM! The computer restarted! I asked the senorita behind the ...
time to give thanks
Hey! It´s me..I know, you have all almost forgotten about me! Well... some of you but not my dearest Athena and Debbie who are still finding sweet little ways to remind me that they love me! Today I received a package with a cute skirt and tank... no ...
One man down in the valley of the moon
... . Will put them up when I get a computer that works. We checked into what I think was the only hostel in town San Juan hostel, nothing bad to say about the place. We booked in for a tour of two national parks Talampaya and Ischigualast/Valle de la ...
San Juan and the Valle de la Luna
We went to San Juan specifically to see the Lunar Valley . 300 kilometers away from San Juan Capital City, is the "Parque Nacional Ischigualasto" (Ischigualasto National Park) also known as the "Valle de la Luna" (Valley of the Moon). ...
Athena´s making the journey
I know...I know...it´s been a really long time! I´m sorry! And now that I am finally writing...I´m not sure how much I can type in the amount of time that I have. So, here it goes! First of all I am doing great! I am still doing Jornadas (more ...
Reach for the sky
... they're everywhere. Most pop. Santiago Graffigna (Colon). Family run and rebuilt after the earthquakes of 1944 and 1973 that destroyed San Juan area. Largest barrel 200,000 L (52,834g). Rose bushes over the vineyard distract the bugs from the various ...
Parcs nationaux Talampaya et Ischigualasto
J'avais programmé mon réveil pour sonner à 6h30. Il faisait nuit, et j'étais toujours dan ce bus. A 6h45, le bus m'a posé à Patqui, en pleine nuit. C'était un bled minuscule, à environ 130 bornes du parc national Talampaya, notre prochaine ...
Dull City
... as the rest were all native Spanish-speakers and mostly a lot older than me. Not wishing to waste any more time in San Juan - and there being little more of interest to see around about -I headed off the next night (thankfully having bought my ticket ...
Cactus Jack and the Rock
Some random details from the journey from Mendoza to San Augustine de Valle Fertil, via San Juan, that we undertook yesterday (can't think of a snappy intro today - "what's new?", you say): 1. The nice folks at the Winca hostel called a cab for us to ...
Ischigualasto
There is not much to do in Valle Fértil and all the tourists around there just go to the two national parks which are UNESCO patrimony. That's quite a business and I can't understand how the park of Talampaya can be a private area. I decided not to ...