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A lesson in clouds
... refilled lake in front of his house. As part of a water management system, every winter the river is dammed for a month or two causing the river and it’s extensive network of agricultural canals to go nearly dry. Consequently, the lake that Patrick built in front of his house, that depends on river flow for its volume, goes dry as well. Three days ago they opened the dam. Kuko emailed photos of the lake. It looks amazing. ...
Won't try for free, (in) Argentina
So here we are in Argentina, after a great time in Bolivia. We've accumulated a few blog entries on paper owing to patchy Internet in South America's poorest country so bear with us as we catch up. In the meantime, I'm shamelessly cutting to the present. The first thing you notice after the two hour queue to enter Argentina at the La Quiaca border is that the cars are all a lot newer. Fairly quickly after that, you discern a difference ...
Trekking, biking and wine tasting
... under the constant chatting and questioning of The Chuck. I think Chuck knew more about trekking then Juan, having been up many of the highest peaks in the world. After lunch, we attacked the serious part of the trek with much steeper and w path. Quite a few times I felt out of breath due to the altitude and the air getting thinner. A big group of mules came storming down the mountain at impressive speed with only 1 man following them behind. We finally arrived at ...
Day 9 Zapala to San Rafael 754 km
... to think that no one had informed him, a sergeant in the Argentine military, that the rally was passing through. Our lack of Spanish and his absence of any English whatsoever, saw us waved through without further delay!. It is a real treat driving the Toyota truck as we can enjoy the spectacular scenery and after checking the oil and wheel nuts there is little else to do in the evening other than relax and update the blog!. ...
Wine capital of Argentina
... riding on the success of its good review in the Lonely Planet 3 years ago and had not done anything since. Although the staff were nice when they were around, it was very dark and empty and we didnt feel like we could touch any surfaces without washing our hands afterwards. After two nights we managed to move to our preferred choice of Empedrado which turned out to be the best hostel we stayed in.
Once settled we had a little wander around town. ...
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