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Rotten teeth are common in anyone over 50 here as dental care is expensive and out of reach of most, but especially this poor shepherd scratching out a living on this rocky plain. This bundle of sticks was all he had to keep his hut warm during the night.

Ice or Salt?

March 2nd 2010
Geo: -23.7334, -65.5After checking into our hotel in Purmamarca we headed up over the pass towards Chile to find the Salinas Grandes, the salt flats.The road took us up into the clouds on our windy way, then dropped us out onto the desolate alta plano where shepherds gather twigs for a fire to keep warm at night.We were over 4,000 meters high--13,681 feet in altitude.These salt flats are a ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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