Argentina
2008
Iguazu Falls
Emily visited the Argentine provinces of Corrientes, Chaco and Formosa as the leader of a Rotary Group Study Exchange
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Argentine flag with the sun of May
Corrientes-Resistencia bridge - often closed by campesinos to protest low wages
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Arrival at Corrientes airport
Rain soaked team at Iguazu National Park
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Various views of the Iguazu Falls
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Iguazu National Park |
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Passion flower
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Visit with the Argentine Coast Guard in Corrientes
Your photographer
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Poinsettias
Bananas
Carpinchos - used for leather products
Timber plantation
Indoor asado
Sampling local vintages
Tango demonstration
Again, sampling the local vintages
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Anthurium
Prize bull - Capellan
Centro Genetico de Litoral
Parrot
Surveying farming
Outdoor asado
Yerba mate on a plantation
Costumes made and sold by a Rotary club as a fundraiser
Gaucho saddle
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Out in the campo
Gauchos
Family transportation
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River transportation
Toba woman and child
Toba village - note pump
Local Rotary members inspect pump
Emily's club in Oregon is sponsoring a project to install more pumps
Toba village - in need of more pumps
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Emily with Luis Sanchez Negrette - GSE coordinator for northern Argentina
Toba village
Pump that is only source of drinking water in area
Toba village - no pump
Water distribution
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Emily with members of Toba tribe and local Rotary club member
The Argentine GSE team leader, Osvaldo Gonzalez with Emily at Rotary District 5110 Conference, Eugene
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