Patagonia
September 19th 2016 It was a long drive. A tour group thing. We got on a bus and headed north. The road was paved, but we ran out of pavement. The turn off, a dusty gravel road. And a roadside shrine to a populist saint, Gouchito Gil. He’s crossed national boundaries here, an Argentine saint of dubious qualities, in Chile. The shrine is charming, a bright red box, laden with gifts to please a Gaucho: whiskey, photo
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