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Bolivia is not famous for the wine but, it's a fast growing market and I can see now 😅 🍷  Most of its vineyards are situated at a high-altitude (between 1500m and 4000m above sea level) which makes some of its characteristics unique. Tarija is the province with the largest Bolivian production. In fact here in Tarija wine tours ( la ruta del vino ) are pretty common and relatively cheap.  I just took a bus to Valle de la Concepción and visited on my own the  hacienda "Casa vieja". I've tried and bought a  Terruño . Dangerously tasty. Tarija is also a quite and relaxing city where enjoy the hot weather. This part of Bolivia is very safe. But I strongly suggest going at the nearby lake San Jacinto, just 30min by bus, where you can eat local fish on a terrace of one of the various restaurant. Or, if a trekking fun, just book a tour to Valle de Los Condores, which is one of the best trek of South America. View of condors is assured. Few pics fr...

A different post today. While traveling through south America, I'm reading books written in each Country. Just a way to understand these Countries from a different point of view. While today I was at a vineyard near Tarija, in Valle de Concepción, Uriondo, I've ended a philosophical book of Borges, Between history and eternity . Yes, Borges is Argentinian, but I've started reading him while I was in Salta. As the title suggests, the essay is about the time and the eternity. How we use our time? How we consider it? "The time is a problem for us; the eternity is a play or a laborious hope". Borges writes about various approaches with which different philosophers speak about it. But he ends his essay with this sentence: "the time... is an illusion" if we consider it separately from our past or our future. He underlines some thoughts about the use of our time that iveI been asking myself here quite a lot. The tremendous landscapes, the different ...