South American way

[stanky]

Those wiz-drinkers are nuts. It's a bad idea, except in rare cases.

Come to think of it, i wonder why Trump isn't selling his piss?

[sparks]

Nothing else he lent his name to did. But I'm sure if he thought it would make money, he would. And then he'd cheat by having others on an assembly line peeing into Nancy Reagan's cup.

[President Bush]

Hey stanky, ever heard of incorporating lime, sand, beef blood, and molasses as masonry adhesive? Called "calicanto" in Mongui, this bridge was constructed using that in the early 17th century, it's just up the road from us. Had to be a major bridge, indigenous labor carried giant stone blocks used to build the Basilica of Our Lady of Monguí across it.

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[stanky]

Yeah, i've heard of all manner cement mixtures. Blood frequently shows up.

Beautiful bridge. The masonry is way more significant than the mortar. It's built in the proven way, as seen around the globe, as per the rock stacking. Different regions have variables in the 'mud'. The climate is an obvious factor in the longevity of a pointing mortar. 300 years is about tops with that; then repointed. That with hydrated lime and coarse, round, river bar sand. Curious if they've re-pointed it. And if so, what was used. Is it red?

Looks like it would stand with no mortar. Well done, indeed.

[President Bush]

Yeah, i've heard of all manner cement mixtures. Blood frequently shows up.

Beautiful bridge. The masonry is way more significant than the mortar. It's built in the proven way, as seen around the globe, as per the rock stacking. Different regions have variables in the 'mud'. The climate is an obvious factor in the longevity of a pointing mortar. 300 years is about tops with that; then repointed. That with hydrated lime and coarse, round, river bar sand. Curious if they've re-pointed it. And if so, what was used. Is it red?

Looks like it would stand with no mortar. Well done, indeed.

The town is incredibly proud of this bridge, a major picture-taking destination for what tourism there is, probably around 99.99% Colombian. Pretty good Italian restaurant next to it.

Cool and cloudy environment almost all year round. No temperature extremes.

Dunno if it's been repointed. Tell me the angle/where on the bridge I should take another picture to see. Or I'll just take a few when we leave the house.

[President Bush]

Yeah, i've heard of all manner cement mixtures. Blood frequently shows up.

Beautiful bridge. The masonry is way more significant than the mortar. It's built in the proven way, as seen around the globe, as per the rock stacking. Different regions have variables in the 'mud'. The climate is an obvious factor in the longevity of a pointing mortar. 300 years is about tops with that; then repointed. That with hydrated lime and coarse, round, river bar sand. Curious if they've re-pointed it. And if so, what was used. Is it red?

Looks like it would stand with no mortar. Well done, indeed.

Here you go... swallow had just flown out of its hole on the first pic.

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[stanky]

wow, didn't realize the arch was bricks. Cool mix of big stone and brick. The pointing mortar looks fairly spent, though not much of an issue yet. Does it freeze there? No freeze is a big plus for bricks and mosaics.

hell of a sales pitch for the area. sounds great. i can almost smell it.
I wonder how soon x-pats will wreck it?
(you probably shouldn't mention it to anyone...might be a migration of disenchanted voters, trying to dodge the 2025 'retribution'.)

[President Bush]

Very rarely freezes here. No temp extremes whatsoever.

https://weatherspark.com/y/25268/Averag ... Year-Round

Right now it is about 60 F everyday, almost always some low clouds about, feels warm when the sun is out.

There is very close to nil international tourism here, a superior hide-out. Shitloads of actual cowboys. Mountains here are beautiful, choices of old roads to walk on leading further up into the hills. The Páramo de Ocetá is up there but too far for FL to walk for a good day hike, don't have a four-wheel drive, we can drive up out of the village but roads turn bad fast, then relentless uphill walk, into the clouds, still actually figuring out exactly what old track to hike up to begin to approach the páramo.

Would have paid a guide already to four-wheel partway up then hike the rest but there there is some controversy underway at the moment the local owners of the land used to access the moors aren't allowing access to guides, money issues, area closed.

Tried approaching it from the others direction just to see what that was like, not a bad gravel road out to a remote lagoon, walked around that.

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We're heading back up into the hills today, high altitude, good preparation for the altiplano in Bolivia where we heading soon.

[stanky]

Too great, that spot.
Living the dream.

Nice work, dodging the heat wave.
It's finally let up here.

[President Bush]

another stankerosita...

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