My journey started with a 10-hour, 700-km overnight bus ride from my home in Buenos Aires to the small town of Mercedes in Corrientes Province.

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About 25 km from Palomino, 30 minutes by bus, is the Quebrada Valencia park, where bamboo forests, enormous banyan trees and an impressive series of cascades provide shade from the oppressive heat.

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The festival plans a bus shuttle to Pontrhydfendigaid from Aberystwyth which is some 13.5 miles (22 km) away.

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There will be a shuttle bus to Pontrhydfendigaid from Aberystwyth railway station, which is some 13 miles (22 km) away.

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