Blogs from San Luis, Argentina, South America - page 2

Geo: -32.35, -65.0333Why are there no Nortes here? I know, we call ourselves Americans, but isn't that a slap to those of Latin America, who are also Americans. 'Course, they don't call themselves Americans (do they?), but it's still a little arrogant of us, so I prefer to call us what the Paraguayans called Kathleen when she was there in the Peace Corps--Nortes.So why do our countrymen not come to Merlo? Shopkeepers tell us they almost never see anyone from the United States here.It's knock your socks off beautiful in the most laid back, relaxing way possible. When you're not jumping off cliffs with a kite strapped to your back you can go 4x4ing or trekking or even throw your money away at the casino. This place has everything except smog, pollution and English.There are no ... read more

Geo: -32.35, -65.0333I'd known there were people living in wild places like this, but I'd never had them cook me lunch.Bob and I took a 4x4 tour into the Sierras de los Comechingones, the mountains outside of Merlo that form a natural border between the provinces of Cordoba and San Luis. We drove to the top-- 2200 meters, or 7,217 feet, and hiked to a beautiful waterfall from there.The top stretches out forever. This sucker is w i d e, none of this pointy top business here, the tops of these mountains extend for miles--7 km in width and hundreds of kilometers in length.And they're rocky. I don't mean like the Rocky Mountains are rocky, I mean like somebody dumped a pile of rocks on top of bedrock rocky. But somehow there's enough soil for grasses, ... read more