November 02, 2004
Up 1,000 Steps iin 31 Degrees
In Salta, on the other hand, I immediately felt like I'd arrived in the right place. Surrounded by tree-covered hills, it nevertheless has an arid feel, since most of its 700mm rainfall falls December-January. It's often said that in this...Read this update
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October 30, 2004
Tucuman, Argentina?
Sometimes you really feel like you've drifted into a different dimension in transit. So it was with my day in Tucuman. The only reason I went there was to break up the trip from Mendoza to Salta (though it was...Read this update
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October 25, 2004
Getting on the Horse
We're actually galloping...at what seems like a hundred miles an hour down the canyon, the horses' hooves are throwing up dust, I'm desperately trying to simultaneously grip with my knees, keep my feet in the spurs, and maintain my balance....Read this update
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October 22, 2004
Seven Years in Mendoza
Two hours of sleep wasn't a great prelude to my "Alta Montaņa" tour, but with 85 Chilean tourism students determined to party in the hostel patio every single night, it was a case of if you can't ignore them, join...Read this update
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October 20, 2004
Che, Boludo!
The crossing of the Andes from Santiago was spectacular, as the road serpentined up right through the middle of the chunky granite peaks. I thought of San Martin crossing the Andes, and the journalist hero and heroine of Isabel Allende's...Read this update
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