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12 Apr 2009

Purmamarca and the seven coloured mountain

The backdrop to this village is an amazing seven coloured mountain and there is a great circular walk you can do round the village. They have halted all new building growth here and if any new properties are to be built it will be in keeping with the older colonial buildings. It is a […]

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12 Apr 2009
- Argentina
- Photography

Buenos Aires the bear reality of life

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12 Apr 2009

San Pedro de Atacama

San Pedro de Atacames is a pretty little town high up in the Andes famous for its salt flats and arid desert. Imagine my surprise to hear my name called across the square only to see my friend Gustavo from Edinburgh and his Spanish girlfriend sitting having a drink in the square. The world is […]

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12 Apr 2009

Salar De Uyuni

This is a fabulous trip for the adventurous. I travelled from Bolivia to Chile by way of the Salir de Uyuni. We travelled through the 10582 square kilometre salt lake, past abandoned trains that have history of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid holdups, passing hot geysers spurting up from the ground and beautiful lagoons […]

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29 Mar 2009
- Bolivia
- Charity
- people
- Photography

Sucre Charities

The very excellent Centro Nanta and the many working children it helps to support. This group is not involved in politics or religion. The organisation was started in 1996 by the Church giving out milk on Sundays. Now the Commodore feeds the kids every day and gives them snacks. They are not considered street […]