This is the last day we will be rested and clean for a while. Our bikes arrived and, after a little bit of messing around to install personal paraphernalia like GPS and bags and cameras, we are ready for the off tomorrow. We have been based at El Estancia del Pilar that is mainly used for hunting and fishing expeditions. On the western side of the Pampas, about 600 Km north west of Buenos Aires and within sight of the Andes, the guest book talks about the exploits of the dove hunters, one of whom was delighted to report that his son had shot one thousand doves IN ONE DAY. What? Why? I can imagine that doves are really a pest in this largely agricultural area but a thousand? Truly the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable. So tomorrow off to Chilecito and the Andes.

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