Apr
05
2013
This next set of pictures comes from Tierra del Fuego and our encounter with the hermit Saladino. This meeting was a true surprise and a privilege to us. We were walking 15 kilometers from the nearest gravel road when all of the sudden this person appeared from the woods riding his old white horse. The whole story will be published later so I will not write it here. I will however describe each picture in the captions so it might be worth it to read those.
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- My father showing Saldino his sketchbook.
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- Portrait of Saladino looking out of the window of his small hut.
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- These were his other horses he used to ride. He told us he owned a herd of approximately 120 animals.
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- Our dinner was dried cow meat boiled for serving accompanied with the freshly baked bread. I was pretty scared about the meat at first, but it was surprisingly good!
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- We had interesting discussions about the life in the woods and what it meant to him.
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- The hermit’s best friend. He told us this horse was over 40- years old and had been his loyal companion for all of those years.
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- A fence the hermit had built to contain his hoses.
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- Our dinner slowly baking in the oven.
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- My father enjoying Saladino’s mate.
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- We wanted to return the hermit’s hospitality so we fished this beautiful catch for him.
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- The beaver is an introduced invasive species in Tierra del Fuego. The state pays killing money for the tails and the hunter may also sell the skin for additional profit.
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