fiona and marc📸 1: The mountain range that suddenly showed up was absolutely stunning.<br>
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📸 2: After 3 days in the extremely dusty place at Barrancas, we packed our stuff and set off to somehow get to the next larger village, which was 35 km away. There, we expected to find a pharmacy, more supermarkets, and the possibility to rent an apartment. <br>
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📸 3: View back to the tiny village 'Barrancas' where we camped the three stormy days...<br>
We tried to hitchhike right at the village exit, but we had no luck for over an hour. So we decided to gradually move towards Buta Ranquil ourselves.<br>
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📸 4: Midday break somewhere between Barrancas and Buta Ranquil... Two young guys in an old fruit and vegetable delivery van stopped in the middle of the road and gifted us oranges and green avocados. The avocados were still hard and not tasty for eating raw, so we tried frying them in coconut oil. Yes, that worked and tasted super delicious.<br>
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📸 5: It was very tiring for Fiona. We covered 20 km on our own until a friendly teacher gave us a ride in his pickup for the last 15 km. From him, we learned that this area is called 'Vaca Muerta' (dead cow) and that a lot of oil is pumped out of the ground in this region.<br>
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📸 6: In Buta Ranquil, we found an apartment even with a bath tube, where Fiona slowly recovered. Marc went shopping, made delicious food and cooked liters of tea.<br>
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📸 7: View of the Vulcano Tromen (3984m) on the first walk through the village, after laying in bed for 8 days. <br>
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