Ok, Ok, I don't have any pictures right now. That's because Dan and Nate are off exploring a permaculture farm near here with the camera and I'm at our current residence nursing a cold. Where is here? The land of meat and honey...San Marcos, Argentina. This town was the last stop on our bus ride from Cordoba. We went through numerous cute towns and I couldn't wait to see what San Marcos was going to look like. All of a sudden, the paved road stops and dirt road begins, lined with trees and a small craft show, we'd arrived in hippyville.
It's been known as a hippy town since the 70's, in fact we went to the Hippy Museum yesterday and had an amazing tour of a small, handbuilt cottage that housed very well loved 60's and 70's roll and rock memorabilia. Yes, that's roll and rock. Most of the memorabilia was from Latin American folk artists, which I didn't recognize and a couple of old Beatles albums, with ragged edges mounted behind plexiglass. We learned about where the peace sign came from and looked at display cases housing pieces of the Berlin Wall and jewelry from the good ol days.
Out behind the little hut was an enormous wall of wine bottles, each with a hand written note inside. Each carefully siliconed and then cemented in place to form a large peace sign from the green and clear glass. Nate filled out his note and stuck it in the bottle, placed it on top of the wall and went off to do another. He had a lot to say. The note is our communication to future generations, our message in a bottle.
Back in town we ate our first vegetables, other than potatoes, since we left Buenos Aires. Most of the food is local and organic. San Marcos is located in a nuclear free zone and also a GMO and pesticide free zone. Fantastic! They are also known for their incredible honey. The stores are lined with it and most people here make their own honey. Their other export is olives, which are delightful!
If you want to open a business where you barely have to show up, here's your place. Shops open sometime about 9 or 10, close around 1pm and reopen sometime around 5 or 6pm. Siesta is serious business here.
It is winter here now, so tourism is low. We basically have the town to ourselves and our choice of bungalows to live in. Given the sheer amount of rentals, it must get really busy here in the summer. The two rivers that are close by are mostly dry now, but evidence shows by the steeply arched bridge, that it must get pretty high come rainy season. But right now it's sunny and in the 60's during the day and in the high 50's at night.
It's past siesta time, so I must sign off. I think that's a rule here.
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