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Its been a busy time…
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…hard to imagine this was once a giant lake…
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It has been 728 days since we first landed in Argentina, visas in hand and minds open. Today we leave, a with only a few empty pages left in the passport and hearts full. Over time, the granularity of all we have seen and done will fade into a few photos, full of warm colours, highlights and shadows, stark black and whites. As my mind slowly lets go of the details, I hope photos will remind me of smells, sounds and sights of another life we lived.

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While life keeps moving at a pace we can’t control, some things, places move at a different pace. While we struggle to know what tomorrow brings, yesterday sits watching us and remembering when it was today.

Cross the walls of the Cemetary and you will feel it, the prescence of what once was, mixing with what is to be. During the process you might learn some history, imagine events and stories of the past, and reflect on ones you have lost.

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It started off with ‘minutas’ and cerveza, argentine fast food and beer. It ended with exhaustion, a permahangover, minutas and cerveza. In between, many Malbecs, Torrentes, Tannat and Syrah gave us mystical powers, allowing us to just keep moving, from restauraunt to taxi to market to beach to boat to car to bus, all the while enjoying the ride. In between bouts of meat-sweats and sunburn, we found ourselves just enjoying spending time laughing and observing the controlled chaos that is Argentina.

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