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La Gomera — La GoWherea?

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Post published:February 1, 2015
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La Gomera -- La GoWherea? When we arrived in La Gomera on January 5, it was about 10pm and we’d been up since 3:45am. We’d caught a cab in London…

In Hindsight and on to the Future

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Post published:March 21, 2014
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We celebrated Julio's 65th birthday with his family and friends.Julio is taking the picture.Believe it or not, but this shot is taken inside his stable.In Hindsight and on to the…

Behind Every Good Story in Cholila is a Gun

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Post published:March 8, 2014
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Behind Every Good Story in Cholila is a Gun"The going price to hire a killer in Cholila," our dinner companion tells us, "is 5000 Pesos (about $750)." We are learning…

There’s No Place Like Home — Almost

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Post published:February 26, 2014
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There's No Place Like Home -- AlmostYesterday, I rode Judy down to Cholila from the lakeside farm of Ivan Hueche, the young guide we hired to take us (successfully this…

Rolling With the Punches (Part II)

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Post published:February 17, 2014
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You can make out the round corral and paddocks in the grassy area where we campedamong the mice and a raging bull near the Rio Argentino.Rolling With the Punches (Part…

Rolling With the Punches

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Post published:February 16, 2014
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Don Fuentes allowed the five of us plus our six horses to camp in his back field. Rolling With the Punches "Canela has been badly bitten," Beto tells me. I'm sitting enjoying…

Bittersweet (Agridulce) con’t

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Post published:March 14, 2013
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You can see a long way in the desert.My last post painted a picture that was more bitter than sweet – more agri than dulce. While I found the wind…

Bittersweet (Agridulce)

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Post published:March 12, 2013
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It seemed impossible when we set out on January 23, that we would make it no further south than Esquel, a town only 163 kilometers away if you travelled by…

On Argentinean Time

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Post published:March 4, 2013
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That's me on Judy doing my Butch Cassidy impression.Sharing lamb (capon) with a campesino en route to Esquel.He has spent four months on his own in that cabinfor the last…

As You Might Expect?

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Post published:February 26, 2013
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Before I started this excursion, I wasn't exactly sure how we were going to make this trip work. How, I wondered, do you ride into a place where you have…