(by the way guys my comments are in pink.....Lesley) READ LESLEY'S REPORT HERE
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Parrots, lots of parrots, since last visit she
wanted to get a pic of them..:) (these parrots are amazing they fly around in hundreds and hundreds and fill the whole tree up sometimes) |
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Standing in front of the window.
Embalse |
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In my house, my girl is playing with my other
girl, my sausage dog... (Called Duppy, I think she likes me better than Cris, well maybe not, it might be the food I guess) |
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Teaching a Brit how to cook a lamb, classes
available soon for general U.K. public... (well he forgot the mint sauce anyway!) Sorry, not such thing as mint sauce here..:) |
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I don't know about that one, looks like a tourist picture.. |  IMG_0465s.jpg |
hmm, Spanish/English dictionary, may need more
than that if you want to talk to my mom... (Ok so Cris' mom got me a dictionary methinks she is hinting) |
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Hey, taking too many pics, those are secret
techniques..... (this is the secret source of Argentinian mad sheep disease :D) |
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aha, now trying to still my secret Chimichurri
sauce recipe?? (no, just wondering if you are going to make me eat the head and the feet of the sheep as well, actually yes i did!! just a bit. |
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yumm, the test.... Is good to go... |  IMG_0470s.jpg |
Lunch time!!! |
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A nice worm coming out from one of the logs, I
offer to cook it for Lesley, but she didn't want it.. (this was a big woodworm!! can you believe it, it looked like a giant tequila worm ewwww!!!) |
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yes dear, we got them here too..:) |
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I think I should hide that camera... |  IMG_0485s.jpg |
One of those weird mother nature formations...
NOO!!, not her, the rock... "El Hongo" (the mushroom) Segunda Usina |
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what is so fascinating about a turkey on the
street??, ohh I know..:) the plastic wrap is missing...hehe ( never saw one in the street before, I am glad I dont have to wrestle those at thanksgiving) |
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I still thinking I should hide the camera... |
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Brr, not the Florida weather..:), notice we are the only ones sitting outside waiting to drink a cold beer.... |  IMG_0493s.jpg |
An old church in a village called La Cruz. |
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Some old houses in La Cruz (It was such a cool place I just had to take this pic) |
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More La Cruz, check out the bricks, they are made with mud but not cooked, we call it adobe |
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A lazy horse looking for a place to have a
"siesta"
Villa El Quillinzo. |
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Another nice horse.. (Have you ever been in a place where horses just pop out of the side of the road while you are driving around!!!) |
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Another stop in the road, "Villa San Antonio" |  IMG_0504s.jpg |
she found the camera again... that's me in San Antonio |
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The view up river in the "Arroyo San Antonio" (San Antonio Stream) |  IMG_0508s.jpg |
More view at the "Arroyo San Antonio" |
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Come on, you can make it, is only cold freezing water down there...:) |  IMG_0511s.jpg |
The old "Rio Grande", now diverted to create a lake. |
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More Rio Grande (around here we spent at least an hour looking for a special indian rock, we didnt find it but it is amazing how many indian artifacts and evidence just hang around there) |
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Rio Grande again (this once huge river was blocked off and diverted to make a lake, lots of HEP stations around here) |
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Ohh not again... |  IMG_0517s.jpg |
HELP..
no she did good and went right through, and didn't fall off.. |
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Local store in "Cañada del Tala" is more like the place to stop for some wine on the way home. |  IMG_0519s.jpg |
Yes, more dirt road!!..:) I love dirt roads.. |
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Just a nice pic.. (this is my favorite pic of me and Cris for all time) |
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An afternoon shot.. |
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I'll let Lesley describe that one, in the asado is
what we call "achuras" was hard, but I make her try them..:) (ok only one of these things in the picture is NOT part of the cows intestines, Cris likes the little squiggly ones that are the small intestine. I have to admit that tasted better than the others, they just get increasinly fatter and greasier as you get close to the well you know what!! Even Cris says he doesnt eat that part but some people do. Yikes!!) |
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Well, she had to try some different deserts
too..
Zapallos en Almibar |
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A nice view of "Cerro Los Linderos" |  IMG_0534s.jpg |
"Arroyo Los Reartes" Intiyaco |
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More Intiyaco (Imagine diving in there and sending your dive gear down on a rope!!! yes this is what I was informed ) |
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I had been there!! |
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Under the Intiyaco bridge |  IMG_0540s.jpg |
Intiyaco, another section of the river, our lunch stop. |
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There we are... (ok we dont have anyone to take pics of us so thank goodness for that auto timer) |
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The sun is nice and warm here... (I cant belive it is the middle of winter here, the weather is so weird.. one day freezing, next day 70 degrees!!) |
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There is the lizard laying on the rocks under the sun. |  IMG_0549s.jpg |
Sunset in Embalse. (this was the view from the bedroom window of the little house that we rented. its most important feature was a great heater in the bedroom) |