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during lunch a local troupe performs passionate dances
Lunch, asado-style, is being prepared over an iron cross
after lunch there is a ring race: who will collect the ring and present it to one of the ladies ?
Estancia La Alameda
In February 2008 we visited the Estancia La Alameda situated at the Chascomus Lagoon, some 120 km's southeast of Buenos Aires.
The ranch was founded way back in 1789 by a retired Sergeant Major called Juan Gregorio Girado.
 
Nowadays the Estancia caters to tourists and even provides a hotel service. 
It is a very nice place to spend a relaxed day on the farm, with a "typical" non-vegan asado lunch, featuring barbecued meat and Argentine wine, while local singers and dancers perform a traditional show.

In the afternoon there are gaucho demonstrations like ring races, and a tour of the Estancia's fast premises where
they keep lots of horses and a pair of very unfriendly llamas.
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sunbathers have discovered the pier into the Lagoon
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they keep a lot of horses here
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gauchos like pulling ladies around on a cowhide. Afterwards the buttocks will hurt..
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a tour of the premises in an open wagon, pulled by a tractor
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a llama is playing dominance games
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before we leave there are refreshments and cake
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the boy is going for a practice ride