El Carmen, Argentina

... covered with cheese and on a bed of french fries.   These people can eat!   And there are a lot of overweight people in Argentina to show for it, too.   Again, I felt like I was in Iowa again but a weird Iowa where they speak Spanish (or is ...

          I sit on what appears to be an overturned wooden boat in a thatched-roof house on stilts. It's not really a boat - it's really a device for making chicha, the traditional Amazonian drink of fermented ...

... y pescar. Aguas verde esmeralda en medio de cerros que hacen del paisaje una verdadera maravilla. Se encuentra a pocos kilometros de Salta capital por lo que uno puede ir y venir en el dia pero tambien existen lugares para alojarce en los alrededores.

We arrive in El Carmen after an uneventful border crossing.  We're staying at a Bible Institute which has a nice campus - it's trees have pretty deep pink flowers.  I love it here. The work at the orphanage means most things are done by hand - ...