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view
Laguna
brava
Laguna-corona
Corona del
Inca
Barrancas
blancas
Pissis
Day 1: 12/06/2005
The meeting.
Vizcacha
al Disco
Hungry
People
yummy
Day 2: 12/07/2005
The Trip
The
boring long road
Mars?
Under
an old "Trocha Angosta" Bridge
Postcard
perfect pic
Cueva
del Chacho
View
from La Cueva
Pic
of the trucks
Chilecito
(La Rioja)
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Old
Towns
Talampaya
Nat. Park1
Talampaya
Nat. Park2
At
the hotel
Day 3: 12/08/2005
First Excursion:
Corona del Inca
View
from the Hotel
Quebrada
de La Troya
Alto
Jague
Waiting
Doing
paperwork to access
One
Flat tire
From
another view
Two
Flat tires
Tree
Flat tires!!! at the same time
Accessing
the Andes
Andes
1
Some
Guanacos
First
Acclimatation stop
Refugio
El Peņon
The
Shelter El Peņon
More
Guanacos
On
the Way
More
views
Bonete
at the distance
Colors
Another
nice one
Windy
at Laguna Brava
Laguna
Brava
The
wind blows the water!
A
closer view
Even
closer
Back
on the road
Laguna
Brava coast
PINK
FLAMINGOS at laguna Brava!!!! 4300m Altitude/14,108ft
Trucks
and the lagoon
View
from the lagoon
Me
and the lagoon
More
Flamingos
Refugio
Laguna Brava (shelter)
Resident
Permanent
Resident
Resident2
Other
View
Cerro
Bonete
Cerro
Veladeros
Making
roads
Lots
of sand
More
sand
Ice
is melting here...
Crater
Corona del Inca, Highest Navigable lake in the WORLD!
Driving
back
Road
A
nice view down there
more
mountains
Colors
of the Andes
Day 4: 12/09/2005
The big adventure:
Vinchina-Fiambala
Dinosaur
Footprints
Getting
colder here
Views
views
Some
roads
Rocky
roads
Making
the way thru
Snow
up there
Crossing
a valley
Crossing
Ops
stuck in the mud
Picture
stop
The
way was blocked, finding a new way
BIG
place
Rocky
road
We
feel so small here
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Next
shelter in sight
Everything
red here
Refugio
Barrancas Blancas
Let's
keep going
Ice
blocking the road
Trying
to follow the river
Some
mud
A
tiny truck there
Lots
of rocks
Finding
passages
Still
a looong way
Crossing
the river
View
of Cerro Veladeros
Over
my left shoulder the Monte Pissis, highest Volcano in the world!!
Brrrr...
Picture
stop
Pics
of the ice
More
ice
me
and the ice
again
They
are called Penitentes, those are little ones
a
nice view
ice
everywhere
There
are the tiny little trucks
More
Penitentes
Nice
view of them
Picture
stop
More
Penitentes
as
tall as us
They
form in altitude with soft snow and wind
Those
are bigger size Penitentes
trying
to get back to the river
Down
there
Here
we are
Nice
view down here
bigger
river, bigger rocks, we are almost there....
well,
still almost there, after 18hs drive our Cherokee ended like that..good whe
were almost in Fiambala.
Day 5: 12/10/2005
The return from Fiambala
Tour
to Termas de Fiambala (natural hot water spring)
44,
45 deg Celsius!! 113 deg F.
Ouch
is HOT!!
So
hot it turned our legs bright red!!
The
END, entering back to the province of La Rioja
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