flowering nopal/tuna cactus

Mina Clavero and the Sweet Sierras of Cordoba

October 7th 2012
The Sweet Sierras of Cordoba Traveling between the popular tourist meccas of Mendoza and Codoba, I eschewed the overnight bus taken by most travelers, and spent a month exploring the charming small towns enroute, first in the state of San Luis, now in Cordoba province. The beautiful, colonial city of Cordoba is ringed by mountains set with jewel-like towns offering cool respi ... 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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Tara Cloud

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I´m a one-way ticket, slow traveler, relishing the freedom of the open road and trusting serendipity to guide my journey. When I was younger, I used to travel for a year at a time. Then a few years ago, I roamed Europe and North Africa for three and a half years and liked that even better. On August 1st, 2010, I left my peaceful Mission Canyon paradise in Santa Barbara's mellow summer and emerged from a couple of planes a day and a world later in the teeming, sub-zero streets of Buenos Aires´winter. Now, with the Andes, Amazon and Galapagos between here and home, will three years be enou... full info

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23rd October 2014

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Laurie and Viv

Magnificent Cacti
Hi Tara... another lovely post and the location sounds idyllic. Hostels (almost) to yourself and plenty of interesting things to see and do... sounds like a great place to travel in. Look forward to reading more!

23rd October 2014

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Tara Cloud

Idyllic
Thanks, Laurie, idyllic is the perfect word for small, sweet Mina, and the cacti were magnificent! This northern Argentina is great--and another blog coming right up.

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