Lesley and Cristian going to the Andes, Road to Cerro Aspero - March 2005

That's the road going from Merlo (San Luis) to La Cruz (Cordoba) used in the past to go to the Wolfram mines in Cerro Aspero.

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Starting point, view from the entrance of the city of Merlo (San Luis). You can see the curly road going up the mountain at the Right of the pic, yes, we are going there..:D MlCza1.JPG
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We spend the night at Merlo, now going up on that curly road....
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Nice views all over.
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Here, we are at the top, there you can see the San Luis side, they do parapente, rapel and all that from here MlCza5.JPG
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Lesley at the top, at her back is Merlo (from were we started today)
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Here we are, together, very hard to take a pic of our self without help.. Merlo is the Background. MlCza6a.JPG
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Some cows at the curly road.
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ok, that's the entrance.... you are supposed to go in a 4WD or tall vehicle after this point..:D where is the challenge on that???? MlCza7.JPG
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Some places along the road.
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Scenic stop, we found a survey marker there too..!! there is Lesley looking at it. MlCza8a.JPG
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View from the survey marker
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Cool up here!!..:) MlCza8c.JPG
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View to the other side, you can see 4 of the local lakes, all with important sizes from here!!
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More pretty views MlCza8f.JPG
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Les, they are watching you, I think they like you....
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Trying to figure out how to use her new camera..:D MlCzb1.JPG
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Another view of the cows, hmm, what is that black little dot there?
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This is a place where you can find food, is also a place where you can park your car if you want to walk or rent a horse and go to Cerro Aspero. MlCzb3.JPG
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Co-pilot, time to work..., we will pass 8 gates along our way to La Cruz.
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YES, A LITTLE FORD FIESTA!!, Again, you are supposed to go in a tall car (or truck) or a 4WD on this road, but what is the challenge if I do that??? MlCzb5.JPG
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Some layers of white rocks in the mountains up here, you still can see the lakes at the background.
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There it is, the Road to Cerro Aspero, I will love to go, but not that crazy, I can make it up here, but not down that way in my little Fiesta, only, good 4WD, horse or hiking to get there, there is a place to stay down there where used to be the miners houses MlCzb7.JPG
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Yeap, we still here, car keep going..:D
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The road seens to keep going forever.. MlCzb9.JPG
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And going and going.. in fact take at least 4 Hs to go from one side to the other...:D
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Last gate..:) Co-pilot...!! you know what to do. MlCzc2.JPG
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Just some road sign to show we were there..:)
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OPS, heavy traffic area, those are not 4WD they are 4LD (4 legs drive), very appropriated vehicle for around here.
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The last guy waving at that weird American woman taking pics of them..:D MlCzc4.JPG
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Some cool places down there.
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hmm, road is going far down and then far up... that may be though.... MlCzc5.JPG
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was though but we made it, here is the detour to Los Vallecitos, we didn't go there this time.
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Ok, pictures stop, there is the 4W fiesta, hmm the cow is watching you Lesley, told you they like you MlCzc5b.JPG
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:) a nice pic together
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There is my 4WFiesta full of dust, but we made it, after now is easy.... MlCzc6.JPG
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Lutti, we are going in here, they have a nice Arroyo there, big city with about 5 houses..:)
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Arroyo Lutti, told you was pretty. MlCzc6b.JPG
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Another pic in Lutti
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Oh, some more Cabras, we just left Lutti behind, ready for our next stop, San Antonio. MlCzc7a.JPG
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San Antonio, staying here overnight, I just find an hotel room.
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There is my 4WF car and the Arroyo San Antonio. MlCzc7c.JPG
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Ahhaaaa, you can't have everything that easy, you have to work sometimes...:)
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Well for first time we got rain, LOTS of it all night, my hotel room isn't that much rain proof, but since we are both divers we survived but have to pack the stuff under the rain, view still pretty tho... After here we go to La Cruz and then on the way to my parents house, you know those places from the previous honeymoons more pics of San Antonio there as well (with no rain, but not as green since was winter).
Next, some pictures around Rio Tercero and Embalse
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There are my 2 favorite women P3130155.JPG
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hmm, the asado, with some good stuff, like matambre a la pizza, matambre de cerdo, chorizos, costillas de cerdo and costillas de vaca.
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On the city, going to the hotel P3130187.JPG
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There it is
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A view of Rio Tercero from the hotel room P3120148.JPG
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Lesley admiring the city
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Remember, I told you about raining all night when we camping??, well it rained so much that overfilled ALL the lakes THAT MUCH embalse2.JPG
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There we are another self picture attempt
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Cool, somebody offer to take us a pic..:D embalse4.JPG
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There she is in the jungle, we went to see the waterfall from closer
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we came here last winter, now we are back in the summer..:) embalse6.JPG
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hmm, Picada, that's to have when drinking the beer, some stuff, like Salamin, queso, bondiola, aceitunas, lengua, and other good stuff are in there.

 

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