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South America » Argentina » San Luis » Carolina September 30th 2012

While most travelers went from wine-soaked, mellow Mendoza to colonial Cordoba on an overnight bus, it took me a month. But why rush when there were such sweet tidbits along the way--ancient, end-of-the-road mountain towns, rivers to rock-hop, and gorges to explore? Slow travel, indeed. I'd spent long lazy months in the tourist mecca of Mendoza, , trading English lessons for my dorm bed. However, the day my once tranquil, 8-person dorm was full of loud, drunk, late-night Argentines and noisy, early-leaving Norwegians, I decided to leave. San Luis For the first time ever, I caught a taxi to the bus station. Somehow I'd accumulated too much stuff to walk--danger. I boarded the daily bus for the 4.5 hour ride through boring, flat desert and then promising mountains to the provincial capital, San Luis, where I'd ... read more
Portreo de Funes rock hopping
Carolina stone building and flower pots
Carolina--lots of rivers




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