Shrines

I´ve been wanting to get up close and personal with one of these. Finally, while lost on a dirt road I accidentlly foudn one. I was reading my tour book and also found that, like this one, shrines of a baby come from a ledgend that a women escaped into the desert to get away... from something... and she died but her baby lived. Its become a thing for truckers who maintain the shrines and leave bottles of water for thirsty travelers. There were water bottles there. Very interesting....

REVOLUTION!

October 28th 2007
Alta Garcia is a distant and small suburb of Cordoba that has the odd distinction of being the childhood home of ¨Che" (go look it up if you dont´know, silly), and of Falla, who I learned was a very distinguished turn-of-the-century-composer, originally from Spain. So I went out there to see it. Mostly, I found I was enchanted by the small and happy town. A river ran through the center and mo ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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