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Argentina.

Plane spotting on the way to and through customs in...	Stepping outside of the Buenos Aires international...	Inside the international terminal in Buenos Aires. 3...	Our first glimpses of Buenos Aires. 3 December 2019	The view from our room at the Panamericano Hotel in the...	As you see. 3 December 2019
The obelisk in Buenos Aires. If we could see the obelisk...	The obelisk marks the diagonal road to the Plaza de Mayo,...	Blooming jacaranda trees line the main avenue. The...	The sidewalks of Buenos Aires have very different kinds...	Another sidewalk. 3 December 2019	Inside the Catedral Metropolitana de Buenos Aires 3...
The remains of General José de San Martín were brought...	Homeless Jesus, also known as Jesus the Homeless, is a...	The Eternal Flame outside the Cathedral. 3 December...	The changing of the guard for the mausoleum in the...	Another view of the Cathedral. 3 December 2019	More sidewalk. 3 December 2019
More sidewalk, this time with access to the fire...	The lobby of the Hotel Panamericano. 3 December 2019	Outside of the Gran Cafe Tortoni. 3 December 2019	Inside the Gran Cafe Tortoni, the oldest restaurant in...	A view from the top of the Hotel Panamericano. Lights of...	Another view from the top of the Hotel Panamericano, as...
The dome of the Palace of the Argentine National...	The swimming pool of the Hotel Panamericano, on the top...	Another view of the lobby of the Hotell...	Folks marching for recognition in the newly elected...	Another group, this one with drums. 4 December 2019	The Hotel Panamericano. 4 December 2019
Many, many more folks marching for recognition of the...	And more. It was all very exciting, energizing. 4...	More sidewalk. 4 December 2019	More sidewalk, with jacaranda petals. 4 December 2019	Tincho meeting with our group, introducing us to...	The view from the swimming pool during the day. 5...
Another view from the top floor of the hotel. Notice the...	The Opera House during the day. 5 December 2019	View of the river Rio de la Plata, which borders with...	Close up of the Opera House, the Teatro Colón. 5...	Down another street. 5 December 2019	Huge traffic jams, with the public transportation readily...
Interior of the local Buenos Aires airport, the Jorge...	Plane spotting at the Jorge Newbery airport while waiting...	More plane spotting. 5 December 2019	More plane spotting. 5 December 2019	More plane spotting. I do not remember which one was the...	Certainly not one of these as we had just pulled out of...
First glimpse of the Andes. 5 December 2019	Broom Closet flowers - brought from northern England and...	View from our hotel room of the Lago Nahuel Huapi. One of...	Another view from our hotel room, this one with more of...	As you see. 5 December 2019	As you see. 5 December 2019
This one surprised us! 5 December 2019	View of the lakes and mountains while on a walk in...	Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle...	Our shadow from a chair lift. 6 December 2019	View of lakes and the Andes from the chair lift taking...	View, after we exited the chair lift, V. de los Eslovenos...
Another view of Lago Nahuel Huapi. 6 December 2019	Judy finds a small shrine. 6 December 2019	View from the shrine Judy found. 6 December 2019	A bird. 6 December 2019	This snow covered peak is in Chile. 6 December 2019	Our trail guide, Diego, pointing out our route in the...
A tall tree along our hike. (Diego told us the name of...	A canopy of trees soar above us. Again, we cannot find...	A bench made of Bosque de Arrayanes trees. 6 December...	A stand of Bosque de Arrayanes. 6 December 2019	More Bosque de Arrayanes, which felt a very uniquely cold...	This Bosque de Arrayanes tree looked ashen. 6...
Close up of a Bosque de Arrayanes tree. 6 December 2019	Dainty late spring flowers on the forested trail. 6...	We stopped to rest in this lovely place. 6 December...	Bill, Kate, Tincho, Elaine, and Millie. 6 December 2019	More Broom Closet Hill flowers, with a lake and peak in...	Stopped at the Gilbert Brewery for some lamb stew and...
As you see. 6 December 2019	After lunch we headed down to the chair lift, with...	Every turn treated us to another spectacular view. 6...	A native of Argentina, a Mapuche, spoke to our group...	The cover of the book trying to preserve the Mapuche...	Diego told us these birds are lapwings. They press their...
Waves breaking on the shores of Lago Nahuel Huapi. 6...	Judy and Elaine on a gondola taking us to the top of Otto...	There were multiple trails leading up even higher to...	We hiked through deciduous trees - 7 December 2019	Then to a higher elevation with stunted growth - 7...	And finally to rock. 7 December 2019
Climbing upward hanging onto branches and stones. 7...	To a spectacular view of another lake. 7 December 2019	Judy on the top of the peak, peering at the Andes, some...	It was a strenuous hike, and similar to Matt's TNAB's, we...	Jagged rock outcroppings. 7 December 2019	The last piece difficult. 7 December 2019
Taking another trail down to Mt. Otto, we stopped for...	The porch of the Refugio Berghof, looking over Lago...	Bill got a Wesley Golden Ale, while Tincho and Diego...	The interior of the Refugio Berghof. 7 December 2019	Dessert! 7 December 2019	This sleeping cat, on the porch of the Refugio Berghof,...
Judy then saw this dog, and said, to the dog, I need to...	And it did! 7 December 2019	A wild boar in the wild near the Refugio Berghof. 7...	Thankfully, there was a small parking lot next to the...	After refreshing ourselves in the hotel, we walked to the...	The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi - the cathedral...
Virgen de los Lagos, a wire sculpture by Jose Gonzalez,...	Interior of The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel...	Stained glass in The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel...	The altar of The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel...	The Jesuit which brought Christianity to Bariloche was...	A native representation of the Virgin Mary with the Babe...
Jesus Carga con la Cruz in The Cathedral of Our Lady of...	After deserting from the army, Gauchito Gil acquired a...	If one want to travel safely, one offers a "drink" to...	Do not take anything from Gauchito Gil. 8 December 2019	Another Lake and the Andes from the steppes, the dry...	A variety of flamingo in a lake in the steppes. 8...
Dry rocks and ancient volcanoes with very little water in...	Horses and horsemen in the vast semi-arid steppes of...	Our lunch is already being roasted, a leg of lamb on a...	Our group took a horseback ride out from Estancia San...	Tincho saddles up. 8 December 2019	Our group riding horses on the land of Estancia San...
Bill and others patiently wait while one horse stops for...	The dog followed us as we rode. 8 December 2019	Ancient caves and remnants of volcanoes on the steppes of...	Fording another small stream. 8 December 2019	The land. 8 December 2019	Carol and Bill arrive in time for lunch. 8 December...
As does the dog. 8 December 2019	The rancher takes care of the horses while we find our...	The leg of lamb is charred to perfection. 8 December...	The length of the metal spit is pulled away. 8...	The tools for roasting lean against the large fireplace -...	One of the grillers also played the accordion - and his...
These are poppies, not Californian, but Patagonian. 8...	Back in our hotel, Cacique Inacayal, in Bariloche, some...	Three native tribes occupied the Nahuel Huapi area: the...	A view of The Cathedral of Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi taken...	Bariloche's city center was ready for Christmas and Papa...	The children are adorable. 8 December 2019
Another disappeared son. 8 December 2019	More totems facing east along the water. 8 December...	Rocks, poppies, lakes, and mountains. 9 December 2019	The Sweet Baboo was along, of course. 9 December 2019	The airport at Bariloche, to catch a plane back to Buenos...	This is our plane. 9 December 2019
Some of our group went to a local pizza place in Buenos...	Dante, the son of Tincho, came with us to the pizza...	Yes, Volkswagen makes buses. 9 December 2019	Early morning of Inauguration Day, the people of...	A very unpopular President is being replaced by a very...	And we took it. 10 December 2019
The newly elected Vice President and President. 10...	The Plaza de Mayo with banners and flags already being...	Another remembrance of the disappeared, painted on the...	More and more groups arrive at the Plaza de Mayo. 10...	And even more. 10 December 2019	The Governmental Palace, also known as the Pink House. ...
As our group leaves the Plaza, we see dozens of buses,...	A Russian Orthodox church in Buenos Aires. 10...	A cauldron of noise on match days, La Bombonera is the...	We come across a couple dancing the Tango. The tango...	With a single accordion playing tango music, the couple...	The accordion player, the female tango dancer - wife of...
La Boca is a working-class area with a cluster of...	More colorful houses in La Boca. The bright sunlight...	A statue in the La Boca neighborhood. 10 December 2019	Bright colors at every turn. 10 December 2019	A Catalonian flag in Buenos Aires! Made us think of our...	La Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery located in the...
Vaults in Recoleta Cemetery. 10 December 2019	Tombs in Recoleta Cemetery. 10 December 2019	The plaque of Eva Peron on the vault where she is...	A sculpted eternal flame atop the vault where Eva Peron...	Recoleta Cemetery is very large. 10 December 2019	The Horse Guard heading toward Plaza de Mayo for the...
Crowds of people, traffic jams, sunlight, excitement,...	Fireworks that evening. 10 December 2019	Hoards of people, late into night, finding their way back...	Plane spotting at the Jorge Newbury airport. We are on...	We are on the plane! 11 December 2019	On the ground in Ushuaia. 11 December 2019
As you see, with a reference to Papa Noel and almost the...	The Martial Mountains are a mountain range in Isla Grande...	The airport of Ushuaia. 11 December 2019	Wish this place had Matt as its pilot - sure made us...	Evening falls on the Beagle Channel. 12 December 2019	The view out of our hotel in Ushuaia, light snow had...
Taken out of the bus window on our way to Parque Nacional...	Entry point to Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego, the area...	Hiking in the mist and gentle rain of Parque Nacional...	Some of the foliage in the Parque Nacional Tierra del...	Some more of the trees we had seen while hiking in...	Late spring blossoms. 12 December 2019
The moss on the surfaces of in Parque Nacional Tierra del...	Clouds, snow, and mountains in the park. 12 December...	We come upon a lake. 12 December 2019	Sometimes it was nearly unbelievable that we were hiking...	Judy is lost in the wonder of it all. She holds tightly...	Is this a flower or a bird? 12 December 2019
Is this a flower or a bird? 12 December 2019	This is a bird, the Upland goose, very common. 12...	An informative sign, especially the distances to Buenos...	A stream, snow melt. 12 December 2019	Bahia Lapataia (Lapataia Bay) is a fjord in the Tierra...	Bahia Lapataia. 12 December 2019
Bahia Lapataia. 12 December 2019	A Upland goose in Bahia Lapataia. 12 December 2019	On the bus back to Ushuaia, more clouds, mist, snow, and...	The mist and rain is easing, making the mountains even...	A spectacular view of the Martial Mountains, a mountain...	Just so we know where we are and how far away we...
The port of Ushuaia with shipping vessels and our ship,...	Everywhere we went in Ushuaia we saw the word Beagle,...	We had seen this sign near the breakfast room in our...	A local sea gull wishing us Bon Voyage! We are sailing...

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