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- The famous Cafe Tortoni
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- Obelisco
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- Traditional yerba mate gourds
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- Riverfront park
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- The power of water and gravity
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- Constant rainbows
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- Steak, malbec, and new friends
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- La Boca
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- Garganta del Diablo – the Devil’s Throat
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- Coatis
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- Plane landing at the end of the world
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- Proof I was there
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- Hiking up to see the rapidly disappearing Martial Glacier
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- Looking down at Ushuaia
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- Funny-looking trees down here
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- By the water
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- Tierra del Fuego national park
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- Perito Moreno glacier – one of the most actively calving
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- Glacier trekking
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- With Ira and Sean
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- Welcome to hiking heaven!
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- Cute trail sign
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- Majestic Fitz Roy mountain range
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- The other laguna
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- Looking back as a storm closes in
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- On the way to Laguna Torre
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- Mirador de Rio Azul near El Bolson
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- Rickety bridges in the Lake District
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- The hippie town of El Bolson
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- Mate at Lago Puelo
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- Chacra Millalen – my WWOOF farm
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- picking berries to make jam with
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- The most picturesque farm ever
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- Corn and mountains
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- Bottling the jam
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- Hike to Cajon del Azul
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- Our refugio for the night
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- Another rickety bridge
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- Deep turquoise of the Rio Azul
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- Lifelong friends are made
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- Back to work on the farm
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- Tomatoes
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- View from the farm
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- The tomatoes are ripe!
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- Pickin’ peaches
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- View from the top of Cerro Campanario near Bariloche
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- The Lake District
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- Hiking to the top of Cerro Otto
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- Cerro Otto
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- New friends at the best veggie restaurant in Argentina
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- Along the Ruta de la Siete Lagos
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- My rental car traveling companions
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- Random stop in the forest and we find these
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- Water fountain at night in the main plaza
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- Wood carving competition
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- Mendoza
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- Mr. Hugo’s Bike ‘n Wine self-guided tour
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- Wine grapes
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- Trapiche winery
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- Entering the whole new landscape of the Northwest
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- Desert hike in Cafayate
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- Many river crossings
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- Cacti silhouette
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- Waterfalls of the desert
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- Cute frog
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- Quebrada de Cafayate – land of stunning rock formations
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- Utah-esque formations
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- Garganta del Diablo
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- Along the road to Salta
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- Statue in Salta
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- View of Salta – last major town before the Bolivian border
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- Iglesia de San Francisco
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- On the road to Bolivia – entering the Altiplano landscape
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- The “wind god” sign
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- Wind-blown trees
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- Close-up of glacier
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- Brilliant turqoise lake
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- Valle Frances
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- Drinking straight from the streams – the water is that pure
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- Funny rock formations and desert landscape outside of Tupiza
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- Field of llamas/alpacas
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- one of the highest points of the trip – nearly 16,000 ft!
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- more llamas
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- thermal springs
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- Dirt and mountains
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- Sunrise over the red lake
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- Arbol de roca
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- Flamingo colony
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- Valle de Rocas
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- Sunrise on the Salar de Uyuni
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- Our dancin’ crew
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- Having fun with perception on the Salar
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- That’s a lot of salt!
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- La Paz street
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- Starting the 3 day El Choro trek in the snow!
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- Descending from the snowy mountain tops into the valley below
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- Smiling, but I’m actually freezing and not thrilled to be in the elements here
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- watching snowmelt turn into a stream
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- hiking right through a small village
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- A terrible muddy slippery trail – a challenge to hike on
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- Descending into the valley below
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- The snowmelt stream is now a raging river
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- In the Yungas jungle now…
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- Waterfalls and lush vegetation
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- Morning mist
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- Near the end of the trek
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- Closest town to the end of the trek
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- Enjoying a little R&R after the intense El Choro Trek
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- Copacabana… no, not THAT Copacabana
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- Boat ride to Isla del Sol on Lago Titicaca
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- The very rustic northern end of Isla del Sol
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- Mountains and moon
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- The stunning Cordillera de los Andes
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- Sole fisherman
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- The highest navigable lake in the world
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- Finding secluded beaches on my hike across the island
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- Hiking through small villages
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- Looking towards Peru
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- Inca ruins
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- Moonrise
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- Church in Copacabana
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- Plaza de Armas in Cusco
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- Old stones
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- Ruins outside of Cusco
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- Mountains and fields…
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- Natural dyes for textiles
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- Night time in Plaza de Armas
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- Taking the train to Aguas Calientes
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- trail to the top of Machu Picchu mountain
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- So many steps…
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- Iconic Machu Picchu. Yes, I was really there!
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- Market
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- Street food
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- Condor viewpoint
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- Entering Colca Canyon
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- Descending
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- Small village in the canyon
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- Our awesome group
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- The oasis
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- Pre-dawn hike back up the canyon
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- Sand dunes in Huacachina
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- Dune buggy ride
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- Ready to go!
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- The attempt at sandboarding… not quite
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- Lima waterfront
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- Old Town
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- Bowling in modern Lima
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- Yummy breakfast in a town on the coast
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- Accommodations splurge
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- Mancora
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- Mancora sunset
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- Best arepas in Cartagena
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- Street art in Bogota
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- Office views in Salento
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- Hiking through the Valle de Cocora
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- Jungle creek
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- Lots of rickety bridges!
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- In the Los Nevados mountains surrounding Salento
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- The beaches of Tayrona National Park on the Caribbean
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- The so-called “trail”
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- View from the top
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- My open air hut
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- Sunset
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- The deserted streets of Bogota
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