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September 12th 2012
Published: August 12th 2012
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Deja Vue Uh oh, I was in Mendoza again. I'd been here a year earlier after leaving the southern "cone" of the continent and supposedly heading north and homeward. However, I just couldn't leave my snowy Andes and Patagonian lakes. I bailed and headed south for another year in Patagonia. Will I really head home this time? As before, I'd come from Santiago, Chile, over the highest pass in the A... Read Full Entry



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Tara Cloud
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taracloud
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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Cachuete hot springsCachuete hot springs
Cachuete hot springs
Cacheute Hot Springs in a gorgeous river gorgeCacheute Hot Springs in a gorgeous river gorge
Cacheute Hot Springs in a gorgeous river gorge
Malargue school--old tires as playground equipmentMalargue school--old tires as playground equipment
Malargue school--old tires as playground equipment
Malargue's view of the AndesMalargue's view of the Andes
Malargue's view of the Andes
my fave building--bank turned cultural centermy fave building--bank turned cultural center
my fave building--bank turned cultural center
Cachuete's very fun swinging bridge over the river Cachuete's very fun swinging bridge over the river
Cachuete's very fun swinging bridge over the river
lakeside grape arbor--bereft of leaves in winter lakeside grape arbor--bereft of leaves in winter
lakeside grape arbor--bereft of leaves in winter
1837 governors' home--now a museum with a labyrinth of 22 rooms1837 governors' home--now a museum with a labyrinth of 22 rooms
1837 governors' home--now a museum with a labyrinth of 22 rooms
cormorants drying off in the breezecormorants drying off in the breeze
cormorants drying off in the breeze
curious Argentine socket--looking rather anthropomorphiccurious Argentine socket--looking rather anthropomorphic
curious Argentine socket--looking rather anthropomorphic



13th August 2012

Richard I. Marquez
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WOW!
well, always been a fan of architecture and I found the aqueducts and its waterways amusing and interesting. What's the cheapest travel route to Mendoza anyway?
13th August 2012

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Aqueducts and travel
Most of the towns in this desert region have these acecias--some grassy ditches, others deep cement conduits, some fancy, stone-lined ones. Bus travel is always the cheapest mode of travel. I tend to take the common, or cheapest buses.
13th August 2012

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Welcome back to blogging...
and I'm looking forward to reading more as you let the wind take you where it wills.
13th August 2012

taracloud
Tara Cloud

Thanks, Bob and Linda!
It feels good to connect with you all in this great site again.
28th August 2012
Route of 365 curves--the former route over to Chile

colvinyeates
penny and gary

I like it
Nice shot
11th September 2012

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

The road of 365 curves reminds me of the Atlas mountains in Morocco
I got a bit car sick coming down the curves of that mountain road. It was beautiful but I was glad when we were finished with the curves. love those thermal pools. We may have to go check those out.
11th September 2012

taracloud
Tara Cloud

curvy roads
Sorry the curves don't agree with you. I love wild, curvy mountain roads with views far below to river canyons. Lots of thermal pools in geologically tortured South America, though not as grand as your Icelandic ones!

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