<![CDATA[Bonner Private Research: Tom's Postcards]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/s/toms-postcardshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KvtN!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fe44b36-32be-4b64-aa94-86cb2fa55841_225x225.pngBonner Private Research: Tom's Postcardshttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/s/toms-postcardsSubstackTue, 07 Apr 2026 15:23:47 GMT<![CDATA[Too Rough, Even for Us]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/too-rough-even-for-ushttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/too-rough-even-for-usMon, 17 Feb 2025 21:14:09 GMT

Jaipur

Monday, February 17th, 2025

Greetings from Rajasthan!

To be near the cricket academy, we’ve rented an Airbnb in a dusty neighbourhood in the outskirts of Jaipur. It’s a beautiful vacation home wi…

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]]><![CDATA[Cricket Academy: Day 5]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/cricket-academy-day-5https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/cricket-academy-day-5Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:36:15 GMT

Tom’s Postcards from India continue. Look for his Wednesday note on markets and an update on the Official List later today. Don’t miss yesterday’s Private Briefing on India either.

Vikram’s Airbnb, J…

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]]><![CDATA['Are you peculiar in your home country?']]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/peculiarhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/peculiarFri, 07 Feb 2025 16:31:12 GMTNavneet’s Place

Jaipur

Friday, February 7, 2025

Day three of the cricket academy.

“The academy kids ask us some funny questions,” says Dusty (17).

“Like ‘How much did my cricket boots cost?’ or, ‘How much…

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]]><![CDATA[An 'illegal' action]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/an-illegal-actionhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/an-illegal-actionTue, 04 Feb 2025 18:20:55 GMT

For new readers, before he settled down in London two years ago, Investment Director Tom Dyson was on a perpetual around-the-world trip with his wife Kate and their children Dusty, Miles, and Penny.

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]]><![CDATA['I remember the smell']]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/i-remember-the-smellhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/i-remember-the-smellSun, 02 Feb 2025 14:08:42 GMT

Today marks the return of Tom’s Postcards. For new readers, before he settled down in London two years ago, Investment Director Tom Dyson was on a perpetual around-the-world trip with his wife Kate a…

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]]><![CDATA[She stole our hearts]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/she-stole-our-heartshttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/she-stole-our-heartsTue, 20 Feb 2024 21:38:21 GMTCafayate, Calchaqui Valley

Tuesday, February 20

Mariah and Adrian had to put up with us for two weeks! 

We’re like a pack of stray dogs. We just turn up on your doorstep with our dirty backpacks, needin…

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]]><![CDATA[At the zenith]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/at-the-zenithhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/at-the-zenithMon, 19 Feb 2024 02:52:42 GMTGualfin, Calchaqui Valley

Monday, February 19

We’re not the first family to homeschool our children. Or the first family to have some of these ideas. 

But it still feels like a wild, daring experiment t…

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]]><![CDATA[The Clove Hitch and the Trucker's Hitch]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-clove-hitch-and-the-truckershttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-clove-hitch-and-the-truckersSat, 17 Feb 2024 03:30:08 GMTGualfin, Calchaqui Valley

Friday, February 16

Here are some more pictures from the valley…

We’re trying to see everything the ranch has to offer. Today we drove the truck as high as we could up a pass b…

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]]><![CDATA[The Real Hero]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-real-herohttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-real-heroThu, 15 Feb 2024 01:29:14 GMTGualfin, Calchaqui Valley

Wednesday, February 14

The Calchaqui Valley runs for several hundred miles between two parallel mountain ranges. All the places we’ve visited on our trip so far — Cafayate, Sa…

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]]><![CDATA[The world's most scenic playground]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-worlds-most-scenic-playgroundhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-worlds-most-scenic-playgroundMon, 12 Feb 2024 21:53:06 GMTSan Martin, Calchaqui Valley

Monday, February 12

There was a wooden bridge over this part of the river. But the water is now so high, the foreman thought the river might wash it away. So the men dragge…

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]]><![CDATA[These dirt roads kill the trucks]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/these-dirt-roads-kill-the-truckshttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/these-dirt-roads-kill-the-trucksSun, 11 Feb 2024 01:00:22 GMTSan Martin, Calchaqui Valley

Saturday, February 10

I said it never rains here. Well, it rained a lot yesterday. And the road turned into icing. We had to drag the truck to higher ground.

Now the river i…

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]]><![CDATA[More Canyon]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/more-canyonhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/more-canyonFri, 09 Feb 2024 18:24:05 GMTSan Martin, Calchaqui Valley

Friday, February 9

We’re in the Calchaqui Valley, staying with Bill’s daughter, Mariah and her husband, Adrien, on the farm. 

Mariah writes a Substack about life in the Arge…

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]]><![CDATA[Andes mountain oysters]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/andes-mountain-oystershttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/andes-mountain-oystersMon, 05 Feb 2024 23:08:11 GMTSan Martin, Calchaqui Valley

Monday, February 5

We left Cafayate yesterday and headed up into the high country with Bill's daughter, Mariah, and her husband, Adrien.

We drove on dirt roads for two hours…

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]]><![CDATA[Going to the ranch]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/going-to-the-ranchhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/going-to-the-ranchSun, 04 Feb 2024 01:23:10 GMTSaturday, February 3rd, 2024

Cafayate, Calchaqui Valley

People don’t lock their bikes up here.

Another sign that Cafayate is a nice, laid back place: the homeless dogs seem happy and healthy. They’re ne…

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]]><![CDATA[Adult Stuff]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/adult-stuffhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/adult-stuffTue, 09 Jan 2024 03:22:10 GMTCafayate, Calchaqui Valley

Monday, January 8

Here in Cafayate, people don’t lock their bikes up when they’re not using them (even though bicycles are very popular here.)

And the locals talk about how “t…

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]]><![CDATA[Taste and good judgement]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/taste-and-good-judgementhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/taste-and-good-judgementSat, 06 Jan 2024 22:10:23 GMTCafayate, Calchaqui Valley

Saturday, January 6

If our no-school curriculum seems a little quirky — or half-baked — it’s because we’re making it up as we go along. We’re completely winging this. 

(The sa…

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]]><![CDATA[The Wolfpack]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-wolfpackhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-wolfpackThu, 04 Jan 2024 23:01:15 GMTCafayate, Calchaqui Valley

Thursday, January 4

Dusty turned 16 this week. 

We spend all our time together like a little wolfpack. We’re almost never apart. 

“Do your lads have girlfriends?” asks a reader…

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]]><![CDATA[Pesos are scarce]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/pesos-are-scarcehttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/pesos-are-scarceTue, 02 Jan 2024 21:43:12 GMTTuesday, January 2

Cafayate, Calchaqui Valley 

“I’m really sorry. The problem is, pesos are scarce. There just aren’t any pesos.”

Ugh. 

Here in a remote part of Argentina, we’ve been having trouble selli…

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]]><![CDATA[The Coin Flipping Test]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-coin-flipping-testhttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/the-coin-flipping-testThu, 28 Dec 2023 21:11:03 GMTCafayate, Calchaqui Valley

Thursday, December 28

Yesterday, I gave the kids the coin flip test…

A game designer has programmed an online coin flip simulator that comes up heads 60% of the time and tails…

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]]><![CDATA[We better spend our money as fast as possible]]>https://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/we-better-spend-our-money-as-fasthttps://www.bonnerprivateresearch.com/p/we-better-spend-our-money-as-fastTue, 26 Dec 2023 20:54:15 GMTCafayate, Calchaqui Valley

Tuesday, December 26

Overheard in Cafayate:

“Sometimes I buy used golf balls from the golf course maintenance guys,” said a golfer. “A month ago, they were asking for 300 peso…

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