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02.26.2006

Junin De Los Andes





In northernmost Patagonia up against the border with Chile is a child's drawing
of a volcano come to life - a triangular white peak covered in snow, with a kind
of hump on its southern slope that makes it look like a hunchback. This is the
Vulcán Lanín, a stratovolcano that sits on the horizon like a single pointy too…

02.15.2006

Two Dinosaurs





On my way back from Buenos Aires from the Argentine lake district (snug up
against the Chilean border), I stopped in the provincial capital of Neuquén.
Neuquén is one of those unloved but essential cities, like Inverness or
Anchorage, that constitutes the only population center in a large expanse of
nothingness …

02.07.2006

Penguins at Punta Tombo





The flight from Buenos Aires to Trelew takes only a little over an hour, but you
feel like you've arrived on another planet. Instead of an endless urban
landscape that transitions into an even more endless coastal lawn, you find
yourself in the middle of an arid plain that looks like a cross between northern
Scot…

02.06.2006

Heist!





There was a spectacular bank heist here the day after I moved to Buenos Aires.
What I know about it has all come through the thick veil of my rudimentary
Spanish, so I'm sure details and entire facts have been embellished to suit my
sense of fun, but even in general outline it's a crime straight out of the
movies.

On the afternoon of (Friday!) January …

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