Friends and family, We left San Martin on Saturday morning and headed for Junin de los Andes and the Malleo River to do some fishing on our own. When we reached Junin we decided first to find a hostel, something keeping with our motto of cheap is better than good. We decided not to try the religious style dormatory complete with bars on the windows and a block long. Looked like a YWCA with prison overtones. Instead we ended up at Hostel Tromen...somehow overlooking the particle board flooring, nothing is plumb architecture, and stairway from hell. Heck, the beds were solid and the price was right, $180A or about $18US. We then hit the grocery for our usual meat, cheese, and Matacol bars and over to the fresh fruit stand for a bag of bananas, pears,
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