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ARGENTINA – SAN LUIS (Villa Mercedes) Tentative WHS: Sierra de las Quijadas National Park (24/02/2005) SAN LUIS Airports: San Luis (LUQ) History, Culture, National and City Museums: San Luis: Museo Histórico de San Luis Monuments: San Luis: Pueblo Memorial Puntano … Continue reading →

ARGENTINA – CORRIENTES CORRIENTES World Cities and Popular Towns Bridge – Corrientes: General Belgrano Bridge Monuments: Corrientes: Monumento por la Paz y la Amistad de los Pueblos Art Museums: Corrientes: Provincial Museum of Fine Arts Religious Temples: Corrientes: Santa Rita … Continue reading →

ARGENTINA – CATAMARCA Tentative WHS: Valle Calchaquí (15/11/2001) SAN FERNANDO del VALLE de CATAMARCA History, Culture, National and City Museums: San Fernando del Valle: Museo CavarattiArchaeology and Anthropology Museums: San Fernando del Valle: Archaeological Museum Adán Quiroga Religious Temples: Catamarca: … Continue reading →

Argentina March 24-April 15, 2025 Day 1 Mon Mar 24 Bus Taraja to Villazon on the Bolivia-Argentina border. The Argentina border town is Quiaca. Only two smaller bus lines go directly to Villazon 40BS @21:30-01:30. The large bus lines going … Continue reading →

Can religion make you happy? Scientists may soon find out. Religious attendance is consistently correlated with higher levels of contentment and satisfaction. Here’s what the research into that connection has revealed. Religion brings many things to a person’s life, including … Continue reading →

Bolivia – March 17-23, 2025 Day 1 Mon Mar 17 BOLIVIA – SANTA CRUZ Fly March 17, 2025. Lima-La Paz- Santa Cruz, Boliviana Air @01:00-06:30. I slept on the first leg but couldn’t on the short one-hour leg to Santa … Continue reading →

BOLIVIA – LA PAZ LA PAZ Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars{ Mi Teleferico History, Culture, National and City Museums Ethnography Museum Museo costumbrista Juan de Vargas Art Museums: Museum of Contemporary Art Plaza House and Biographical Museums La Paz: Casa … Continue reading →

Peru Feb 20-March 10, 2025 Day 6 Fri/Sat Feb 21-22 PERU – PERUVIAN AMAZON (Loreto, San Martin) LETICIA, COLUMBIA TO IQUITOS, PERU BY BOAT I flew on Latam from Bogota to Leticia. There is very little information on these ferries … Continue reading →

PERU – CENTRAL COAST (Lima, Callao) Day 11 Sun Mar 10 I arrived at the Huancayo bus station at 20:30. ON Camelitas Express Bus Huancayo to Lima @ 21:30-06:00 +1. Sleeper seat. 70PEN. Supposedly a 10-hour trip, it turned into 18. … Continue reading →

Colombia Feb 15-20 2025 COLOMBIA – ANDES NORTHEAST (Bogota, Villavicencio, Bucaramanga, Cucuta, Tunja) Flight. Fri Feb 14 Viva Airbus AIFA – BOG 19:00-00:30+1 ON Lancaster House Suites. Jack Goldstein owns this hotel and invited me to stay for a few … Continue reading →