Quilmes, Argentina

We stopped off at these ruins just south of Cafayate. These ruins are the most important in Argentina. The Quilmes town had about 5000 inhabitants, and held out against the Spanish for more than 130 years. Only 15% has been excavated.

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... We were met by Rebecca's uncle and Aunt, Bill and Liz, our hosts for the next two weeks and taken back to their home in Quilmes, a suburb of B.A. My cousins Mikey and Christine were there to meet us and it was great to see them. As promised, Bill cooked a ...