A Visit to the World’s First Libertarian Enclave

As readers know I have spent the last few weeks in South America.  In that time I have been in Lima (Peru), Asuncion (Paraguay), Santa Cruz (Bolivia) and Cafayate (Argentina).

I have come away with a lot of excellent information – most of which I'll be sending to subscribers in a special report and commenting on one country on this trip I found to be absolutely fantastic.  I will write more on that in the April issue of TDV on, purely coincidentally, April Fool's Day.

On this trip I have found that one country is about how I remember it from my last trip about 5 years ago;one of the countries I found to be terrible in almost every aspect; one of the countries I absolutely loved; and now I am in northern Argentina.  I've been to Buenos Aires before but never had the pleasure of seeing some of the outlying areas of Argentina and I have been very pleasantly surprised by it here.

As I write I am sitting in the town square of Cafayate at a restaurant called Terruna.  Most “pueblos” or little towns are never that great.  They usually have a few mundane restaurants and not much in the way of services or products.  Cafayate breaks that mold.

I've stated before, and written in the September 2010 issue of TDV that Argentina is one of the cheapest, ultra-civilized places in the world.  And that is still the case.

I took a photo of part of my lunch.  Two bottles of mineral water, an elegant spinach soup and a very nicely done grilled chicken breast with salad and black tea.  Total cost: about $10.  And it's served by guys in bow ties!

I'm here checking out Doug Casey's “La Estancia de Cafayate“.  I will be writing a full report to subscriber's as soon as I can find a few hours where I am not attending receptions, parties, speeches and even playing some poker with Doug and friends.

To put it briefly, however, for anyone looking to purchase a home to hide-out from the world for a few years, you must put Cafayate on your list of options.

A Photo I took from the Golf Clubhouse – Click to Enlarge

Not only is it incredibly beautiful here but most of the value lies in the community.  Having the pleasure of seeing people like Doug Casey and Rick Rule at the gym, spa, golf course or restaurants is almost worth the price itself.  Doug Casey often talks about “phyles” – which is an ancient Greek term for a tribe or clan.  He is of the belief that nation states as they exist today are a brief aberration and that the world will trend more towards likeminded people living in areas (call them countries if you wish) with other similar like minded people.

This makes a lot of sense and is, in general, the way things are trending.  If people like communism, let them all gather together somewhere and create their own communist phyle.  A few years later and most of them will be dead from starvation or murder but, hey, at least they got to do what they wanted with other like minded people as opposed to forcing the rest of us to follow their insane socialist/communist ideas.Doug Casey and Myself in the Vineyards – Click to Enlarge

The same is occurring in Cafayate – except for libertarian/anarchist/austrian-economics adherents.  This, by far, is the best reason to consider getting a place down here.  It, quite possibly, is the world's first libertarian enclave!

I will report more on prices, positives and negatives in my report to subscribers in the next few days.  For non-subscribers, however, who have an interest, I highly recommend emailing the people here at La Estancia.  I have set-up a special email whereby you can get priority access with them.  You can email them at [email protected].  Or click here to get more information on Galt's Gulch in Argentina.

The prices are more expensive than my own small libertarian enclave in Acapulco (www.acacondos.com) but to live in a beautiful estancia in a beautiful town in Argentina amongst fellow freedom lovers the price is a complete bargain.

Even if you don't think you would be interested in purchasing here I would still recommend coming down for their bi-annual celebrations/tours.  The type of people who get attracted to something like this are some of the most interesting people in the world.  You can come here and hang out with freedom loving millionaires, billionaires and top entrepreneurs and scientists from around the world and eat exquisite parilla and fine, locally grown wines – or you could book an all-inclusive at some non-descript resort in a warm country and hang out with Bob and Irene and hear how “they really think Obama has the US on the right track”.

The choice, to me, is clear!

Galt's Gulch does exist and it is in Cafayate, Argentina!