Main Speaker at our first meeting of the year was John Mitchell who gave us a run down on his (and Fiona's) visit to Argentina.
In their month in Argentina John and Fiona visited Buenos Aries, the Tigre Delta, Mendoza Cordoba, and Iguacu.
Some of the photos John took during his travels are posted with this story. They show the natural wonder that is Argentina. The country is big and should be a player on the world stage but as it was governed by a lite version of the Venezuealan experiment it has been until recently an economic basket case. A new government has started to change things but it will take time.
Buenos Aries is a city of 18 million with extremes of wealth and poverty, extremes of architectural styles from shacks to palaces of various ages. There are lots of apartments, dogs and lots of litter.
Mendoza is in the foothills of the Andes and is the area in which most of the wine in Argentina is produced. John commented that he enjoyed the food.
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