tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80317470560734875992024-03-12T17:01:48.893-07:00Hasta PastaChelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-4605242252172378962010-07-20T20:21:00.000-07:002010-07-20T20:49:34.891-07:00Salta la Fria<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimngMZ0LvxovVkoNaqesQbDqzqi0ttOOsFmdoUto856Yq_MS-VnPq9WHp1PRVnFoL6VY2VbIJ-UD9g57N0zTPpuDZcOWyYBX_gV-5xIzAt8R_epg5H6sXECefAeTe-wif-Z86G22weKYM/s1600/x.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimngMZ0LvxovVkoNaqesQbDqzqi0ttOOsFmdoUto856Yq_MS-VnPq9WHp1PRVnFoL6VY2VbIJ-UD9g57N0zTPpuDZcOWyYBX_gV-5xIzAt8R_epg5H6sXECefAeTe-wif-Z86G22weKYM/s400/x.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496196221444934562" border="0" /></a>Oh the icy beauty. And Salta looks nice too. I am seconds away from being told not to take her picture because she doesn´t feel good (she has a cold). Winter was cold enough the first time, I can´t believe we went back for more.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaP3Q8noMg9q2vySKYWw02cWOii9eT14A_AxxrKvLlo-v3VtvUYTdN6QU00cCoV1AVo0IECLLC_UZft-VWFMJ_By59MQuYDUXtgSJ_mq6KvbfKYAInmpFUI-k-G4npuvSIjdN7whvTNFU/s1600/w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaP3Q8noMg9q2vySKYWw02cWOii9eT14A_AxxrKvLlo-v3VtvUYTdN6QU00cCoV1AVo0IECLLC_UZft-VWFMJ_By59MQuYDUXtgSJ_mq6KvbfKYAInmpFUI-k-G4npuvSIjdN7whvTNFU/s400/w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496196214141851986" border="0" /></a><br />Snowy palm and orange trees.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvd8hoqan7K-Y6OvoEplh8nKzGoV18SYBRlgxRDYvcFTdy8taGog9oXXXkp-0CUOdAnmadkyx2CaZTtGVooCOTugdHcI0bfGVYV5rr8dYd60q4gTZflhxWIq9jGQPPydrI5nz0e1EnCk/s1600/v.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZvd8hoqan7K-Y6OvoEplh8nKzGoV18SYBRlgxRDYvcFTdy8taGog9oXXXkp-0CUOdAnmadkyx2CaZTtGVooCOTugdHcI0bfGVYV5rr8dYd60q4gTZflhxWIq9jGQPPydrI5nz0e1EnCk/s400/v.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496196210589677410" border="0" /></a><br />This picture sums up our last week. Aimless wandering and freezing rain.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlp-QPyZA1m4hycayr2GT4WsVKMsyy3qZprES2CBvLgmL0hnPvyfEsx8vpI9xy_iTfZQ3e8ZPOvosm5X_6g3zbkytvsWfcmdCf0BtUr4EB34aW5M2EZkErMOYsVvEK6ecu3SV76vXcDQ/s1600/u.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGlp-QPyZA1m4hycayr2GT4WsVKMsyy3qZprES2CBvLgmL0hnPvyfEsx8vpI9xy_iTfZQ3e8ZPOvosm5X_6g3zbkytvsWfcmdCf0BtUr4EB34aW5M2EZkErMOYsVvEK6ecu3SV76vXcDQ/s400/u.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496196202281084882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEV0GRhDwlmP8NW3X_csKQh1ijQkVVS3lnd863jBy0PdNRFf3EqMDVXLCTYeztOvXQ-xnGR0cPt7UBt8NC9Yo_M_AfBhIYgIEoxALUbZBOr5JYL66zKruNKB5qZv_rEQot_doFYmpTCw/s1600/t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggEV0GRhDwlmP8NW3X_csKQh1ijQkVVS3lnd863jBy0PdNRFf3EqMDVXLCTYeztOvXQ-xnGR0cPt7UBt8NC9Yo_M_AfBhIYgIEoxALUbZBOr5JYL66zKruNKB5qZv_rEQot_doFYmpTCw/s400/t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496196198042910242" border="0" /></a><br />This is a kiln that belongs to some potter in... some small town in the northwestern corner of Argentina. We bought some stuff, to our tour guide´s relief. He "loaned" the guy 50 pesos to show us around and when Levi bouth something he got it back. We weren´t supposed to notice, but you have to get up pretty early (say 10:30) to fool the Chelsea-Adam-Levi team.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrQvtZoGlYmdddB5GEmbZDKtALtJ-xZJWZ5ZgBGTz-_w3DxGxK2afgBtApEzLQqg7xU2vY3-5zbr4KJpAl0fw03m8iQNjf7XEUxU5FiJY9tkHJzKwv8L7WSFeh9G4xjcumA1Hwcanfuk/s1600/s.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrQvtZoGlYmdddB5GEmbZDKtALtJ-xZJWZ5ZgBGTz-_w3DxGxK2afgBtApEzLQqg7xU2vY3-5zbr4KJpAl0fw03m8iQNjf7XEUxU5FiJY9tkHJzKwv8L7WSFeh9G4xjcumA1Hwcanfuk/s400/s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496195350963751954" border="0" /></a><br />Colorful hills in Purmamarca. A beautiful little town where we spent the night. The day before we went up to 4,000 meters above sea level and back down to 2,000. I vomited. Totally worth it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hengdklVxD13pOmdbey3vuGG6ydwz2kGdYgkxg6D4GqyTBdSihdSvLQjT9CosYFS1wqJtxDlIG-CNvcTZ2hcsoiTU6Or9rwOB9nZwKUp8EG3IwYNCKnxpzC1Q2CIB5hQhXv-fgJGqE4/s1600/r.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hengdklVxD13pOmdbey3vuGG6ydwz2kGdYgkxg6D4GqyTBdSihdSvLQjT9CosYFS1wqJtxDlIG-CNvcTZ2hcsoiTU6Or9rwOB9nZwKUp8EG3IwYNCKnxpzC1Q2CIB5hQhXv-fgJGqE4/s400/r.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496195343943020722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgkXsIsus41is3PXFxob_AqsO7UDfH4OvW1qvwS_hIUMNC8h0UEs7Xn2JeUciS6jHpz7GNk0hF77L42qtigxpbyzvxZPWTB27FKRqdU-SGQsbo3WaexH_Dt9Mb4erc4a5O9hRk_n7yNc/s1600/p.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWgkXsIsus41is3PXFxob_AqsO7UDfH4OvW1qvwS_hIUMNC8h0UEs7Xn2JeUciS6jHpz7GNk0hF77L42qtigxpbyzvxZPWTB27FKRqdU-SGQsbo3WaexH_Dt9Mb4erc4a5O9hRk_n7yNc/s400/p.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496195340988126674" border="0" /></a><br />On a cable car in Salta. Pretty cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQ3TdKDCvcVFsnMJoObob68Hb6pc1ki7TgPnvZC7jW6UgxONLCXiG_SezU9s-SXYp37l98vPFNr4AGZ8t0j79JtsgicfUr37hjkDt2ypmGo6XSsLnYdKPcbleoMugcnc8Rwx32SZYku0/s1600/q.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQ3TdKDCvcVFsnMJoObob68Hb6pc1ki7TgPnvZC7jW6UgxONLCXiG_SezU9s-SXYp37l98vPFNr4AGZ8t0j79JtsgicfUr37hjkDt2ypmGo6XSsLnYdKPcbleoMugcnc8Rwx32SZYku0/s400/q.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496195333839985122" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjJeyG_i5POlxSSMzrM_7fQmgezzUn6fi16kGKyJuoqsL1_90sN-_nIhsKLl6dCjLxdqjB8xkkOUmgDjGSjLOIxxWno5m49D3KHEnoalARDlfXt2xDtDxec69XiyYzJELLihAAAjwbsw/s1600/o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjJeyG_i5POlxSSMzrM_7fQmgezzUn6fi16kGKyJuoqsL1_90sN-_nIhsKLl6dCjLxdqjB8xkkOUmgDjGSjLOIxxWno5m49D3KHEnoalARDlfXt2xDtDxec69XiyYzJELLihAAAjwbsw/s400/o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496195327524087890" border="0" /></a><br />Look how excited Chelsea is to be on a cable car.Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-45836544210753395912010-07-20T20:17:00.000-07:002010-07-20T20:50:41.412-07:00Salt Flat Fun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwaZGO_ahYW1KzLo8qujlvmUvTIXoIFD2_5kXr5OSOvI_Q3sAqXmzApBA6zwHdOPi7hRLuYdSRtzBo3sBpHZtcYfQ_btVirKdNdjrJjl3CQsJ-d9g3VPdKBNk0HSUTMJdyuCB4DhLuqE/s1600/n2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKwaZGO_ahYW1KzLo8qujlvmUvTIXoIFD2_5kXr5OSOvI_Q3sAqXmzApBA6zwHdOPi7hRLuYdSRtzBo3sBpHZtcYfQ_btVirKdNdjrJjl3CQsJ-d9g3VPdKBNk0HSUTMJdyuCB4DhLuqE/s400/n2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496194314818854834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTnJ1BYTvX5LnG2zT3krK-m6-U-mlcot0ch8z-Dh6VKPU2Uu6c0piTZG5UgFlo0j9adGcaKhTrMB2Flt1TxkyEevK8IBVM201CUdRv3LVTkzuaUFoOPOfr1t_uRObdhPOl0vX8azWXOA/s1600/n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTnJ1BYTvX5LnG2zT3krK-m6-U-mlcot0ch8z-Dh6VKPU2Uu6c0piTZG5UgFlo0j9adGcaKhTrMB2Flt1TxkyEevK8IBVM201CUdRv3LVTkzuaUFoOPOfr1t_uRObdhPOl0vX8azWXOA/s400/n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496194309475020066" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYWMcEpCuLzS578uxu8Ol7JkK9IfRCW2mCTP90foQQHgKwv_h7lXMx8Bbyyxt-EY1LzyGwvEoWZljIzxqyPmMHLBJlDNkOjtnF0rLEqS_nHoZhyphenhyphenjmmIBEcg37cI2rO22J3bt2zGOeVF8/s1600/n1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihYWMcEpCuLzS578uxu8Ol7JkK9IfRCW2mCTP90foQQHgKwv_h7lXMx8Bbyyxt-EY1LzyGwvEoWZljIzxqyPmMHLBJlDNkOjtnF0rLEqS_nHoZhyphenhyphenjmmIBEcg37cI2rO22J3bt2zGOeVF8/s400/n1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496194304313088066" border="0" /></a><br />The Salt Flats aka. prehistoric photoshop.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj7wJYeHnL8mFX2EmtOJJDh587m5RAdd-hQUJZcbO8JNYNAraa3e1LpZoAeV4J5_9bmtiOFp9Sjk_e3wSakjp8TpQHq-QUFoNfaXn8fRm8JUQ-ajxw4h56I0ASoKR-RM3gqXqSCyXsjA/s1600/m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoj7wJYeHnL8mFX2EmtOJJDh587m5RAdd-hQUJZcbO8JNYNAraa3e1LpZoAeV4J5_9bmtiOFp9Sjk_e3wSakjp8TpQHq-QUFoNfaXn8fRm8JUQ-ajxw4h56I0ASoKR-RM3gqXqSCyXsjA/s400/m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496194290863902434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj207YmZTWnT0GsijrAZgdPtaUSCnqgFWkLGFQCgImJHdnb485t-DjNzXDV4onDKkBSajQJn0U6O8bN13UafuMTnMZ3RlHj4yi7iqqljMg40_ifACF79hvjyFlfpyP98sJRHZvpIWX_TJU/s1600/l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj207YmZTWnT0GsijrAZgdPtaUSCnqgFWkLGFQCgImJHdnb485t-DjNzXDV4onDKkBSajQJn0U6O8bN13UafuMTnMZ3RlHj4yi7iqqljMg40_ifACF79hvjyFlfpyP98sJRHZvpIWX_TJU/s400/l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496193911717672018" border="0" /></a><br />Levi snack.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydnaNM1xnVN3y3bNCZ9Fn6QBfF9ZOdw4DISHUF7PhpyVrFhH52oL1O-nlIsiURn1ANLn5OEwlFEd-rHHoBbKcESajj5zxVsM8ANrzh6qylkgwaGVSDoTj-D3kUWVDhnokM5ldtb3HiaI/s1600/k.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydnaNM1xnVN3y3bNCZ9Fn6QBfF9ZOdw4DISHUF7PhpyVrFhH52oL1O-nlIsiURn1ANLn5OEwlFEd-rHHoBbKcESajj5zxVsM8ANrzh6qylkgwaGVSDoTj-D3kUWVDhnokM5ldtb3HiaI/s400/k.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496193915327387506" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4TUXyODuaKFi4PMUWXmBvQzsgnfkCzaMk7LvDED_eQx2Q3us-o3c2hdxryV9CGfM7C4umlZ4d7gge0k8EhebV9PZ2xg_jOgamwl5Vc_3jVmREj50p4jkf1PdPaax-jGUSiJhYHbx_rA/s1600/j.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4TUXyODuaKFi4PMUWXmBvQzsgnfkCzaMk7LvDED_eQx2Q3us-o3c2hdxryV9CGfM7C4umlZ4d7gge0k8EhebV9PZ2xg_jOgamwl5Vc_3jVmREj50p4jkf1PdPaax-jGUSiJhYHbx_rA/s400/j.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496193904576528210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1rT6oIFYhG3H5_REMYL9pwr_tI7sGtTZTceyfzJrZ3cELgShgv9ds9b1TsNMpymk5Bk-tylwqlVzZfNG3HeKg0NVt8xH_5YJMsN7kbOWcQD_IOS8i7pnIaky173APMbCYxTAUEMAC0g/s1600/i.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1rT6oIFYhG3H5_REMYL9pwr_tI7sGtTZTceyfzJrZ3cELgShgv9ds9b1TsNMpymk5Bk-tylwqlVzZfNG3HeKg0NVt8xH_5YJMsN7kbOWcQD_IOS8i7pnIaky173APMbCYxTAUEMAC0g/s400/i.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496193899159938594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsLI4aBxDaAG5RrtWGNeBiO1QT_-Mc-V2Iu3mj7CsDeqTP230b_0XXfFR2u_pVBErAHmY3qmRGQUlHtkK1p1-_HMRN-UfQpE8AeQIRo6URHM9xPT1aD_i5xoUCVCD0rT8mzSXtpIi7_I/s1600/h.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsLI4aBxDaAG5RrtWGNeBiO1QT_-Mc-V2Iu3mj7CsDeqTP230b_0XXfFR2u_pVBErAHmY3qmRGQUlHtkK1p1-_HMRN-UfQpE8AeQIRo6URHM9xPT1aD_i5xoUCVCD0rT8mzSXtpIi7_I/s400/h.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496193898172057202" border="0" /></a>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-51078249962286923542010-07-20T20:06:00.000-07:002010-07-20T20:57:00.985-07:00Salta la Linda<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPLZebMMzV2jPxp0Bt4jQFdpZqk_SMYoQ1MnqzK9mxQwliZtJr2QMdLRFzywZVC3xXFlGtHtNHru1CmEsz2I40htG9b9tJ5PLk85CaZD0Y4lRV7f9KNEJW5bcJJg3qUlOFR-M4VpGNhc/s1600/g.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPLZebMMzV2jPxp0Bt4jQFdpZqk_SMYoQ1MnqzK9mxQwliZtJr2QMdLRFzywZVC3xXFlGtHtNHru1CmEsz2I40htG9b9tJ5PLk85CaZD0Y4lRV7f9KNEJW5bcJJg3qUlOFR-M4VpGNhc/s400/g.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496192980834840194" border="0" /></a><br />Ruins of a pre-inca town. No one knows what happened to them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryNbF7dU6UnY61gWLaA_epAv4VNdLVOd-m-yWRrOU8D4b6e_9PdWwK2UnF1BDdV-WgU93CYEM8eQmjg3kya6HEolJ466wdPQQhM4CowDUwXJhov_sJ4Y9C0plqohah_3XeCREhmjniro/s1600/f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryNbF7dU6UnY61gWLaA_epAv4VNdLVOd-m-yWRrOU8D4b6e_9PdWwK2UnF1BDdV-WgU93CYEM8eQmjg3kya6HEolJ466wdPQQhM4CowDUwXJhov_sJ4Y9C0plqohah_3XeCREhmjniro/s400/f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496192979232305858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGTzFQwTnBBDyZkvZPTyo506LyTV1bzLNu-DgXALCjYgAFomRsBBkfG4pq8heJSmW9vnjSQJtUMz6bEozed6aDRKqaOn7VTxQEEXXEw1rWkIoiF8WuNTh89Hl09hIGSN0ImIx-YTL5XM/s1600/c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGTzFQwTnBBDyZkvZPTyo506LyTV1bzLNu-DgXALCjYgAFomRsBBkfG4pq8heJSmW9vnjSQJtUMz6bEozed6aDRKqaOn7VTxQEEXXEw1rWkIoiF8WuNTh89Hl09hIGSN0ImIx-YTL5XM/s400/c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496192978019575698" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPSa-3U_hnSetVZp6LsTPAbB3FJPKYm-vmuOJF60Xbn67GiYpNo8ylKVTdieQgnOrTyrUyx5XWK42Z2DYiT-8K8N7z9VybnVXh-9qo4spSl_IhemQBgvUA-y6TIRBc0gQmi9IEQeV0T8/s1600/a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPSa-3U_hnSetVZp6LsTPAbB3FJPKYm-vmuOJF60Xbn67GiYpNo8ylKVTdieQgnOrTyrUyx5XWK42Z2DYiT-8K8N7z9VybnVXh-9qo4spSl_IhemQBgvUA-y6TIRBc0gQmi9IEQeV0T8/s400/a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496192974666740930" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-eWzghxhFb3kVfsdRyDLB3jN2UnIrsE0foDRXPtIYYaPXyGEefEbkWk71dlaIp2z0k2KTD6ThijoPNAXcAVM3cq6_A9o-4kUOXF_uYUrgnzyn5dc7cbiRho8D4RZlVQK7wKa6R7h6gGI/s1600/e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-eWzghxhFb3kVfsdRyDLB3jN2UnIrsE0foDRXPtIYYaPXyGEefEbkWk71dlaIp2z0k2KTD6ThijoPNAXcAVM3cq6_A9o-4kUOXF_uYUrgnzyn5dc7cbiRho8D4RZlVQK7wKa6R7h6gGI/s400/e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496191466586076370" border="0" /></a><br />Me: Pierre, can we run up that mountain until we find precolombian ruins.<br />Pierre: You won´t find any on that mountain, but I know one where we will.<br /><br />Having a private tour guide is awesome.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dFxd9c6_evg1I3lCAFVKQBVmOxuOoIhAOb_Va8a5yrnBDGwy7aHAZVKt_Icko65V2NvvFojvJ1JdQqMjDG92nPCHt3_zsTvP2McoiACRb-FZE4ZBwH7w8erMOE097F1ja9gDG2oHJIU/s1600/d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dFxd9c6_evg1I3lCAFVKQBVmOxuOoIhAOb_Va8a5yrnBDGwy7aHAZVKt_Icko65V2NvvFojvJ1JdQqMjDG92nPCHt3_zsTvP2McoiACRb-FZE4ZBwH7w8erMOE097F1ja9gDG2oHJIU/s400/d.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496191448134597906" border="0" /></a><br />We made a friend.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCoMbm7YcEkOA1TFBgPHyIydsl9aGuY_2GpRx9Ch9X9kMKkFZNhrjoZPI_3E91xNNnGsnB0RXfi0E7rDeelgggGsu5xZP2fu5axtBI1jWgivfP5J45SY7g3nbyQ_7XXbOy5BsN_3R92w/s1600/b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCoMbm7YcEkOA1TFBgPHyIydsl9aGuY_2GpRx9Ch9X9kMKkFZNhrjoZPI_3E91xNNnGsnB0RXfi0E7rDeelgggGsu5xZP2fu5axtBI1jWgivfP5J45SY7g3nbyQ_7XXbOy5BsN_3R92w/s400/b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496191443805595666" border="0" /></a><br />Very cold.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv31anfdHNS42lmDhyphenhyphengHJHAC-M5o0MYrdDOuucL3ZSLtL42eS0helBJBxzherdVnTAbc3bg_xx0sG9HZA9iIq76aRwN4pCiuX7NlB0D-Opal16LXvCHtV_oOH65IXR9pgkb4Bd68red7c/s1600/a.jpg"><br /></a>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-83538330690674522412010-07-20T20:03:00.001-07:002010-07-20T20:12:52.640-07:00Cordoba to Salta<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxwEj479jGvHi36lr-Kb9sG3llzxK-SC9HWmDTbLZVQJabFxhAotIfPBspZsE9E_vSHcrkgXsukay5W68Ro_p36zKnFbL3_57EkVMFElLh4qcFCiwvVvZsZKrebIl6ni5ZAs-kjAE0pU/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxwEj479jGvHi36lr-Kb9sG3llzxK-SC9HWmDTbLZVQJabFxhAotIfPBspZsE9E_vSHcrkgXsukay5W68Ro_p36zKnFbL3_57EkVMFElLh4qcFCiwvVvZsZKrebIl6ni5ZAs-kjAE0pU/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496190143903743442" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACM78uJRV4TE-THR922I_f4pGp47via7SgtOcfSq6zF6oDHvpPHMbwtG3Zo-AvfCfFDs2vKh7DraIhi7xfnnLpafgam5foIdpn-Bs8SDLJ-q0vHqo37ls7S7KJQoD74zsjMQ8ggoeir8/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACM78uJRV4TE-THR922I_f4pGp47via7SgtOcfSq6zF6oDHvpPHMbwtG3Zo-AvfCfFDs2vKh7DraIhi7xfnnLpafgam5foIdpn-Bs8SDLJ-q0vHqo37ls7S7KJQoD74zsjMQ8ggoeir8/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496190138975266178" border="0" /></a>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-61835346861273826532010-07-09T19:26:00.000-07:002010-07-20T21:01:27.302-07:00cordoba pictures!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aGZR__dwzXJJxnku_Vbo8yZKVmVO4B9CCTZNuzNYH6HfpBtJpLSZW2gENmgMABb1PinM64IwiEFZh4iaaFoXrpCZK3A9HhpSLox4Txs36pKAybORMlvd8EwAxkzJ7O0lngqvmNyCxxw/s1600/2010-07-09+22.58.41.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0aGZR__dwzXJJxnku_Vbo8yZKVmVO4B9CCTZNuzNYH6HfpBtJpLSZW2gENmgMABb1PinM64IwiEFZh4iaaFoXrpCZK3A9HhpSLox4Txs36pKAybORMlvd8EwAxkzJ7O0lngqvmNyCxxw/s320/2010-07-09+22.58.41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492099579734946626" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Tenedor Libre" literally "free fork" an all you can eat buffet. This one happens to be the largest in the country.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFciezWc6dlj3_lpHw3BkhTZ0KhqwF6Y441OmE1EPuacNxKqnlyKExD0RTeltnP_MGmjr8l6jMCudnCJ5I4UIHsKoXWlSwIiWJni3d92sK8Pv6RHXXNQ9md46C82J8fOZ5OO3qkNxCppc/s1600/2010-07-09+17.03.11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFciezWc6dlj3_lpHw3BkhTZ0KhqwF6Y441OmE1EPuacNxKqnlyKExD0RTeltnP_MGmjr8l6jMCudnCJ5I4UIHsKoXWlSwIiWJni3d92sK8Pv6RHXXNQ9md46C82J8fOZ5OO3qkNxCppc/s320/2010-07-09+17.03.11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492099571057775602" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This church is missing a steeple to symbolize human imperfection (see above). It also had cool animal head scupltures and the pillars were Alteses<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19M-NZO6JYIN_7MQFqZq3BBhoc4OPLgETP0PQazSFq9A0te0WXisSL-2LPqVFD1mIFFQx-_hNCoO78PzAZWu-vZACRCUFlrqjn3IZbVCX-TxRgRLv4BRmDAZIRUd6mhnqQAyTH23iUpA/s1600/2010-07-08+22.22.31.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19M-NZO6JYIN_7MQFqZq3BBhoc4OPLgETP0PQazSFq9A0te0WXisSL-2LPqVFD1mIFFQx-_hNCoO78PzAZWu-vZACRCUFlrqjn3IZbVCX-TxRgRLv4BRmDAZIRUd6mhnqQAyTH23iUpA/s320/2010-07-08+22.22.31.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492099564146895730" border="0" /></a><br />Runner up for my "about the author" picture. The winner didn`t make it to the blog. Sorry reader.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi04i56M3GytsUYle_bmP4q6WP1LidSKaT5aKTVpuGfaUnF-UpA2Wr77QXLWuVhDgg4H2qefb70v_he04Lhz1G_h80j-Qa7_86BR8ebTGKHP4CjRE1LgPyNCWZUNT0Qpp1GtiTeSXs_o/s1600/2010-07-08+19.03.57.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEi04i56M3GytsUYle_bmP4q6WP1LidSKaT5aKTVpuGfaUnF-UpA2Wr77QXLWuVhDgg4H2qefb70v_he04Lhz1G_h80j-Qa7_86BR8ebTGKHP4CjRE1LgPyNCWZUNT0Qpp1GtiTeSXs_o/s320/2010-07-08+19.03.57.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492099558221450754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgp2Wa8wAto9DfEqDeIXjHykGDEqFvDUldf4oUV_eiBsrX1yzYWnxy0pfoaUrr8FhAuijn6f2zGHxoNAaigMkf_2dxX_F7No1Dks1l-OWr-vH0zojsbQ5IKx27EhSksaD20aWXPRoO-yM/s1600/2010-07-06+22.56.21.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgp2Wa8wAto9DfEqDeIXjHykGDEqFvDUldf4oUV_eiBsrX1yzYWnxy0pfoaUrr8FhAuijn6f2zGHxoNAaigMkf_2dxX_F7No1Dks1l-OWr-vH0zojsbQ5IKx27EhSksaD20aWXPRoO-yM/s320/2010-07-06+22.56.21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492099551366198770" border="0" /></a>Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-91114805690502107472010-07-04T20:15:00.000-07:002010-07-04T20:45:09.148-07:00Our stay at Mendoza<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_LnOwB4qgkpgwH7wWDfU2PhySUhMWBnJ3KE3Jn1GTYZwnxX0UTvx1vE2pCIvKy8ACEKzj5rbfICIvcCSdYpvMDKwROrNHCqtB1UCaoQ51X2M7t7LxTeu5YpmW_k05feEczLhShe7C8w/s1600/2010-07-04+17.09.41.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB_LnOwB4qgkpgwH7wWDfU2PhySUhMWBnJ3KE3Jn1GTYZwnxX0UTvx1vE2pCIvKy8ACEKzj5rbfICIvcCSdYpvMDKwROrNHCqtB1UCaoQ51X2M7t7LxTeu5YpmW_k05feEczLhShe7C8w/s320/2010-07-04+17.09.41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490256451987432418" border="0" /></a>Here´s a view of the place Adam and I have been calling home the last week. We head to Cordoba tomorrow and we´re sorry to say goodbye to Hostel Lao, with it´s wonderful staff, cozy rooms and homey atmosphere. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzJY4pcYJtqA747ri1wG26OtJF-IfyjzqQPPPF11sCasCKsrsZ89acz3D8GMWds951d8SBjlYU_MwXU_YzBhROS6xoR5l03mFMGEoWOkjUAPpulEth5K1rtz7LgN2DevoWvDNt68FsP0/s1600/2010-07-03+23.01.38.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitzJY4pcYJtqA747ri1wG26OtJF-IfyjzqQPPPF11sCasCKsrsZ89acz3D8GMWds951d8SBjlYU_MwXU_YzBhROS6xoR5l03mFMGEoWOkjUAPpulEth5K1rtz7LgN2DevoWvDNt68FsP0/s320/2010-07-03+23.01.38.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490256438773223746" border="0" /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span></a>Last night Adam and I went to Plaza Independencia where there is an artisan craft fair each weekend. Among all of the cool pottery, tapestries and jewelry were a ton of leather goods, which Argentina has an abundance of since there is so much cattle here. Anyway, they had these really great belts that Adam bought a couple of (his old one was in shameful condition as he had had it since 8th grade). Above you can see the guy that makes them cutting the belt to the right length for Adam´s skinny hips. They were decorated with really beautiful patterns that you can see if you look closely. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUJHe4Tw4AN2TgjxiiWnTGOxs-lZdLOXBhUW07WLBXzRS9Enny834mR-sP4VW2Srgip_rZ0wEwR6Mplk9tlnI84D4CQ6xG28AqluokR5q5n3lp6ZrwJzooPWvHWpvgg6piHHFgy68xB0/s1600/2010-07-03+16.04.58.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGUJHe4Tw4AN2TgjxiiWnTGOxs-lZdLOXBhUW07WLBXzRS9Enny834mR-sP4VW2Srgip_rZ0wEwR6Mplk9tlnI84D4CQ6xG28AqluokR5q5n3lp6ZrwJzooPWvHWpvgg6piHHFgy68xB0/s320/2010-07-03+16.04.58.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490256434779218610" border="0" /></a>Above is a picture of a usually crowded street during the Argentina World Cup game on Saturday. The streets and buses were empty and all was quiet while Argentina got their asses kicked by Germany. The handled it pretty well, we only saw a couple of people crying. It was actually really depressing, people walked dejectedly home from watching the game in their striped blue and white shirts, trailing their celebratory flags behind them. Maybe next World Cup....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W1D6kWGOrcu-n6Km2kIwxWNySR8ClKCrKBJfVmvCOG2Kxt4XiwVcqA4epIggaXcdjRctzxkIeZYZB0hHAtn6to_hPOVU7e8ImTXrCMXBardoewy80bdLNdPuGndnOpRXtagP5cRn2-Y/s1600/2010-07-02+22.14.55.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4W1D6kWGOrcu-n6Km2kIwxWNySR8ClKCrKBJfVmvCOG2Kxt4XiwVcqA4epIggaXcdjRctzxkIeZYZB0hHAtn6to_hPOVU7e8ImTXrCMXBardoewy80bdLNdPuGndnOpRXtagP5cRn2-Y/s320/2010-07-02+22.14.55.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490256425000483218" border="0" /></a>The other night a dog followed us home. We picked him up outside of a McDonalds he was lounging beside, I guess he liked the look of us because he jumped up and walked about a mile beside us, crossing at stoplights with us, all the way to Hostel Lao where Adam and I said an emotional goodbye to him, who we had fondly called ´´Amigo´´. <br />Lo and behold Amigo found us again tonight when we were walking home from dinner with our British friend Ben, and he again followed us loyally all the way back to our hostel. Another emotional farewell. I gave him my leftover burrito. We were thinking about the reaction of US customs if we tried to bring a stray dog back from South America. We wish...<br /><br />Next time we post it will be from Cordoba!<br /><br />I leave you this time with a quote from ourselves...<br /><br />(Walking back late one night and passing a bar) (all in Spanish)<br />Waitress: "Would you like to come in and have a drink?"<br />Adam: "I don´t know...Chelsea?"<br />Me: "Hm...it is cold"<br />Adam: "Perhaps we came back later"<br />Me: "Good Afternoon"Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-81178140877580286322010-07-03T20:29:00.000-07:002010-07-03T21:07:18.084-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWxVV-DNn5yocg04nvdV0pAlYHOyYWZYNmg5C6iWoTfGR0lb8C_uKd7PI2ItrH16ALuHOacaeAagpMnbFG7N-i1KI9yeXXApKBHWwP7060W2w7JBMhdJHV84HN2NN8VtH2v4GDAmY_XE/s1600/2010-07-02+16.57.23.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWxVV-DNn5yocg04nvdV0pAlYHOyYWZYNmg5C6iWoTfGR0lb8C_uKd7PI2ItrH16ALuHOacaeAagpMnbFG7N-i1KI9yeXXApKBHWwP7060W2w7JBMhdJHV84HN2NN8VtH2v4GDAmY_XE/s320/2010-07-02+16.57.23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489888882821855810" border="0" /></a>This is Adam. Above is a slice of Argentinian wine country. Pretty spectacular. That´s the Andes in the background and some soon-to-be Syrah or Malbec in the fore. We toured two wineries and ate lunch at a third one. At the first our guide (forgot her name, sorry tourguide) told us all about the wine making process and how each type of grape has different ¨descriptor chemicals¨ which suggest the flavors of other foods. I´ve always wondered how wine experts come up with "a hint of strawberry and toasty oak" when then drink wine, and dismissed it as bourgeois foppery, but I guess I was wrong. The flavors are very subtle and I can see how people become connoiseurs (read alcoholics). There are worse ways to spend a day than being drivin around this beautiful countryside to taste different wines.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3g8Ox8A3b3uwbrEVsHxysvjUggWr0bkqIyrrTNsdduEvrZ4DsyIWob7RAAx24HTggnR2FNb2HlPiDmkET5caaXn65qY87eMNaIw0TvaYd_k4tEpC5sLxtELCVZe6_XEZ0RbLVol5vQE/s1600/2010-07-01+15.00.28.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3g8Ox8A3b3uwbrEVsHxysvjUggWr0bkqIyrrTNsdduEvrZ4DsyIWob7RAAx24HTggnR2FNb2HlPiDmkET5caaXn65qY87eMNaIw0TvaYd_k4tEpC5sLxtELCVZe6_XEZ0RbLVol5vQE/s320/2010-07-01+15.00.28.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489888872109885650" border="0" /></a>An epic Andean valley. Day before yesterday we took an excursion with a local travel agency from the city into the Andes up to the Chilean Border. On the way we crossed the precordillera, a range of foothills before the Andes proper, which are older and smaller. It reminded me of pictures of Afghanistan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SvWrb6A64NcP3-zl7xnZQ5X7bE6t2fEtlp0xfw0sIFBu3-z-d7lBAggE87vmf7dtQpP1TwM0onpiv4DqJHXFlUZJ0_zMai3anej2aUO9BwCaOS8uwx6u5LDdqkRqksx_K7_YdVtKC7c/s1600/2010-07-01+12.07.26.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SvWrb6A64NcP3-zl7xnZQ5X7bE6t2fEtlp0xfw0sIFBu3-z-d7lBAggE87vmf7dtQpP1TwM0onpiv4DqJHXFlUZJ0_zMai3anej2aUO9BwCaOS8uwx6u5LDdqkRqksx_K7_YdVtKC7c/s320/2010-07-01+12.07.26.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489888865809697986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCa1fPL7zLS-lat1Khhk4-n-oZaarK5rB_Ncb5MQ_CBwDsYU98UbggRzkBnN5DKgazoyKLy1L4RDwCtZ3CXT-rW8ttmcZjR14ufsdrldxbXx9uNgj-IlLSyQ1CXWYBpLPlTfqVIM8brY/s1600/2010-07-01+12.02.12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtCa1fPL7zLS-lat1Khhk4-n-oZaarK5rB_Ncb5MQ_CBwDsYU98UbggRzkBnN5DKgazoyKLy1L4RDwCtZ3CXT-rW8ttmcZjR14ufsdrldxbXx9uNgj-IlLSyQ1CXWYBpLPlTfqVIM8brY/s320/2010-07-01+12.02.12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489888860420285218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhR9oR1ZVc-gEvM2-uRMmquwVvAeTyA-GEfT146v3xjjgqfGsO4Qg0KXrFvnYdED1dG7kh0261NP5qIovHf5HhFJ4uJs5Th7crUi9iT_T6AYPlDOM2bB89swEUKUkAC7Oxr4QZ_mHOak/s1600/2010-06-28+08.25.00.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhR9oR1ZVc-gEvM2-uRMmquwVvAeTyA-GEfT146v3xjjgqfGsO4Qg0KXrFvnYdED1dG7kh0261NP5qIovHf5HhFJ4uJs5Th7crUi9iT_T6AYPlDOM2bB89swEUKUkAC7Oxr4QZ_mHOak/s320/2010-06-28+08.25.00.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489888848574901890" border="0" /></a>The rest of the pictures are us in the Andes and some a picture from the van on the way back.<br /><br />Here´s an experience our Kiwi friend Earl had in the U.S.:<br /><br />American: Oh you´re from New Zealand, what do you speak there.<br />Earl (messing with them): We speak New Zealander<br />American: Say something in New Zealander!<br />Earl: Gooday.<br />American: What does that mean?<br />Earl: It´s a greeting.<br /><br />Talk to you soon.<br />-ACChelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031747056073487599.post-39524987147359208542010-07-03T10:58:00.000-07:002010-07-03T11:22:02.344-07:00greetings from the south<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Hello</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">folks</span>,<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">We</span>´ve <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">finally</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">figured</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">out</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">how</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">to</span> post <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">on</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">our</span> blog. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">haven</span>´t <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">been</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">able</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">to</span> do <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">it</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">from</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">our</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">droid</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">phone</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">but</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">right</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">now</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">we</span>´<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">re</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">using</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">computer</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">at</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">our</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">hostel</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">We</span> are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">spending</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">week</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">in</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Mendoza</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">taking</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">some</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">tours</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">exploring</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">city</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">On</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Wednesday</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">we</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">took</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">tour</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">the</span> Andes, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Thursday</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">we</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">took</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">wine</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">tour</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">Mendoza</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">is</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">famous</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">for</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">its</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">wine</span>). <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">While</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">Adam</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">had</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">jolly</span> time I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">learned</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">that</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">you</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">cannot</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">develop</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">taste</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72">for</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">wine</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">in</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75">day</span>! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76">But</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_77">it</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_78">was</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_79">beautiful</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_80">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_81">we</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_82">met</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_83">some</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_84">great</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_85">Kiwis</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_86">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_87">Portuguese</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_88">folks</span>. Ate tapas <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_89">last</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_90">night</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_91">with</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_92">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_93">Kiwis</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_94">and</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_95">spent</span> a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_96">lot</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_97">of</span> time <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_98">discussing</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_99">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_100">finer</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_101">points</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_102">of</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_103">New</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_104">Zealand</span> culture, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_105">which</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_106">we</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_107">think</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_108">is</span> a bit <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_109">goofy</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmb1xzibDwmOUyOu1uMshGuP5bQJomY7UiZdwjpwNvF9qsCFepTZc7We54N2KG2pdtkMbOQpPiUwN9igWeoV5-ddsxnkB9gsy-AgkyH9Wi8yxlUa1xm8j3zoAwm0bXXflJbTYnmZD2pw/s1600/2010-06-25+20.35.07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmb1xzibDwmOUyOu1uMshGuP5bQJomY7UiZdwjpwNvF9qsCFepTZc7We54N2KG2pdtkMbOQpPiUwN9igWeoV5-ddsxnkB9gsy-AgkyH9Wi8yxlUa1xm8j3zoAwm0bXXflJbTYnmZD2pw/s320/2010-06-25+20.35.07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489742923151741426" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_110">During</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_111">our</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_112">stay</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_113">in</span> Buenos Aires <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_114">we</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_115">visited</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_116">the</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_117">famous</span> Recoleta <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_118">Cemetary</span> in which Evita and other famous Argentinian´s tombs are located. Along our wanderings through the tombs I befriended a cat (see below). Adam did not trust it. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_frLmsnkt52r9s54HXCcng_ElZyxxTcYA8_XYYzVo3hHX_975ZRrAfVE9e5ZqYqqI8cwNDAqIpTv8JE2qfG32TXsskWi2q2rthHP7fFzDKTUt-by5mVtoqM1ukPW_pvnwufXmW2p4PIg/s1600/2010-06-25+20.26.33.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_frLmsnkt52r9s54HXCcng_ElZyxxTcYA8_XYYzVo3hHX_975ZRrAfVE9e5ZqYqqI8cwNDAqIpTv8JE2qfG32TXsskWi2q2rthHP7fFzDKTUt-by5mVtoqM1ukPW_pvnwufXmW2p4PIg/s320/2010-06-25+20.26.33.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489742919560454594" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSsYAYnbioDFY4mnMlA-4oIce1zlUi5QO40lVNlrK9uLKhhM4E0EUbkglVMXyz2vFi7DvCYIrZHgUijhAwapg0vA8vzQf3hQkfWU7ZjzRblYH9tA4-6eThQGMs2i5HJLJAPDHWTil7tk/s1600/2010-06-25+20.10.41.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOSsYAYnbioDFY4mnMlA-4oIce1zlUi5QO40lVNlrK9uLKhhM4E0EUbkglVMXyz2vFi7DvCYIrZHgUijhAwapg0vA8vzQf3hQkfWU7ZjzRblYH9tA4-6eThQGMs2i5HJLJAPDHWTil7tk/s320/2010-06-25+20.10.41.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489742910301304866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOossecFIZuNkeGgqAZHkypMnGh7LGRZKVjYnPwQihQLCQhgtnmTj6B92M7da3ijy5PScfVwADEUWsCiMii3Lua-XnC-4NIDrp1_Iglt8pobWSrY8VGh5daMwj31dlyf_SQdkXNEVxq-g/s1600/2010-06-24+01.07.55.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOossecFIZuNkeGgqAZHkypMnGh7LGRZKVjYnPwQihQLCQhgtnmTj6B92M7da3ijy5PScfVwADEUWsCiMii3Lua-XnC-4NIDrp1_Iglt8pobWSrY8VGh5daMwj31dlyf_SQdkXNEVxq-g/s320/2010-06-24+01.07.55.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489742908392556066" border="0" /></a>Our room in the hostel was great, epic mural included. <br />We´ll post more soon about Mendoza and our adventures. For now we will leave you a funny quote from a fellow traveller:<br />Humberto (Brazil): ´´We don´t want Mick Jagger at the Brazil game. He was at the US game, they lose, he was at the England game, they lose...we don´t want Mick Jagger at our game´´Chelseahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17957204876012269882noreply@blogger.com3