We are staying at Hotel Buena Vista outside of San Juan. While we were eating breakfast this morning I saw a beautiful bird and managed to get a good picture. It’s a Great Kiskadee!
I’ll insert a picture here of Duke and Jo Ann discussing what route we should take back to the parking lot. We are overlooking Ullum Dam Reservoir at the point where we decided to turn around
After breakfast we drove to Ullum Dam and did a hike. We were planning to hike to some caves along the shore of the lake. But after hiking up for about half a mile we decided that the trail was too steep so we turned around..
Next we drove into San Juan and visited the cathedral. Then we had coffee and alfajores at a coffee shop nearby.
A few blocks away we visited the house where Domingo Faustino Sarmiento was born. It is now a museum. The guy who told us about Saramiento educated us about Sarmiento and his many accomplishments since we knew nothing about him. He lived in the 1800’s. He was a president of Argentina, an ambassador to the U.S. and an educator and he did an amazing amount of things for his country.
We drove back to the hotel, played cards and then later had dinner at a nearby restaurant, La Coquette.
Tomorrow we will drive to Mendoza.
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That is a very handsome bird.
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