Minor Miners, Saltese

South America » Argentina » Salta
November 29th 2005

Published: December 2nd 2005

I guess we've been neglecting our blog responsibilities, so now we have two cities to write about: Potosi, Bolivia and Salta, Argentina. First, Potosi: It was one of our favourite cities in Bolivia. Also, it is the highest city in the world at 4090 m ASL, so in your face all you sea level-dwellers. We enjoyed Potosi for two reasons: 1) Its physical beauty. It has some of the finest colonial buil... Read Full Entry

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The big park in Salta

It had ducks and hotdog stands and really really big fish in the pond. looked like they'd be a good meal and i wonder if they ate the ducks once in a while.

Trail ride scenery

yee haw

Can't believe mike didn't lose his hat. He did alot of galloping for his first time on a horse.

ummm blood sausage

After the ride, we had a barbeque, or asado. This included most of a cow, unlimited very good red wine, and enough salads to make anyone happy. The guy in the background was our host and a very funny guy. He ate no salad and was shocked by my trying to give mike my third steak.

Meeeeat

back at the ranch

as usual, mike\'s supernatural guitar instincts lead him to the house guitar. never fails.

The pool

Pretty nice after a long ride

The open road

On our way to Buenos Aires.

3rd December 2005

ab
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an amazing journey - how neat to get such neat updates. xx gm AMB

3rd December 2005

Rough
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Dynamite?!
I can't believe you can just buy dynamite! Sounds like heaven to me. And going down a real working mine? Wow. Now that you mention it, I can't remember ever taking you horse-riding. Too bad, I wish I had.

3rd December 2005

Allison Van Leeuwen
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WTF?
Is that shower supposed to be algea? WHAT the HECK?? (PS: i love reading these journals and I miss you guys!).

13th December 2005

grantcorp
Johan

The blob returns...
That is possibly the most disgusting excuse for a shower I ever saw but I have to admit it looks kinda groovy...

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