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On The Road – Gin & Tonic – Argentina

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  November 22, 20195:00 am| 15 Comments

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A few pics from a trip several years ago.

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Puerto Iguazú

Still life with insects.

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Iguazú Falls

It’s impossible to overstate the enormity of these falls, located at the border of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. From the Argentinian side you can’t even take in the whole scope – but we chose not to cross over to the Brazilian because that would have required another entry fee.

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Mendoza

Aspens, Andes.

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Near Uspallata

Roadside shrine to Our Lady of the 2-Liter Bottle.

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Uspallata

The little foxes are unfortunately conditioned to humans and come up very close.

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Uspallata

The guanacos are pretty skittish, though.

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Villavicencio

The road from Villavicencio to Mendoza is pretty straight. The road from Uspallata to Villavicencio, on the other hand, is shit-your-pants scary. I had visions of imminent death all the way down.

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15Comments

  1. 1.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 21, 2019 at 5:06 pm

    Wow, I think Alain might have confused 5:00 pm and 5:00 am.

  2. 2.

    low-tech cyclist

    November 21, 2019 at 5:10 pm

    Fill my eyes with that double vision
    No disguise for that double vision
    Ooh, when it gets through to me, it’s always new to me
    My double vision gets the best of me

     

    Aw rats, he fixed it. ;-)

  3. 3.

    rikyrah

    November 21, 2019 at 5:13 pm

     

     

    Absolutely gorgeous ??

  4. 4.

    satby

    November 22, 2019 at 5:08 am

    @low-tech cyclist: it seems that the pictures are duplicated on the front page but not on the post itself. Weird.

    But nice pictures!

  5. 5.

    low-tech cyclist

    November 22, 2019 at 5:46 am

    @satby:They are nice pix indeed!  I may have to go see that waterfall someday, because even from the photo, it’s fucking awesome.  I bet it’s way more awesome if you’re actually there.

     

    You’re right, the string of photos is doubled on the front page but not here.  One more thing to add to WaterGirl’s list, I guess, but not what anyone would call a high priority.  Overall, I’m really really impressed with the new site, though – she’s done good.

  6. 6.

    Perensejo

    November 22, 2019 at 5:48 am

    The shrine is to the popular saint Difunta Correa.  The bottles are full of water, to slake her unquenchable thirst.

  7. 7.

    Baud

    November 22, 2019 at 5:59 am

    Gorgeous.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    November 22, 2019 at 6:13 am

    Beautiful pictures!

  9. 9.

    debbie

    November 22, 2019 at 7:04 am

    @satby: 

    Twice as nice!

    I would never tire of watching that waterfall and rainbow.

  10. 10.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 22, 2019 at 8:00 am

    @Perensejo: I actually know that, thanks.

  11. 11.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 22, 2019 at 8:13 am

    @low-tech cyclist: The falls are stupendous, but actually difficult to photograph because there’s so much spray that water gets all over everything. I have a couple of photos that might have been nicer, but there are water droplets all over the lens. As I noted, I think the vantage point for photography is better on the Brazilian side, but you get closer to the falls on the Argentinian side.

     

    Thing is, they’re kind of in the middle of nowhere – it’s over 1,200 km from Buenos Aires, and Puerto Iguazu is kind of a nothing town, so you really have to go specifically there to see the falls – not like you’d be passing by.

     

    The even larger falls along that same river system, Guaira, were submerged in 1982 as part of the Itaipu Dam hydro project (the largest hydroelectric capacity in the world.)

  12. 12.

    arrieve

    November 22, 2019 at 9:06 am

    Another place I’d love to visit. Beautiful pictures — I just want to hug that guanaco.

  13. 13.

    Raoul

    November 22, 2019 at 12:25 pm

    Thanks for the photos!
    Iguazu was one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever seen. Dude and I sort of joke that it has ruined us for other waterfalls. We also make reference to coati pretty often (usually teasing while rifling thru backpacks looking for our own snacks).
    There is a bit of a wistfulness to see those falls again. I don’t know that I feel much urge to go to Argentina again, though Patagonia is a compelling possibility. Buenos Aires filled us with a pervasive melancholy

    (We ended up spending 48 hours in Puerto Igazu, and stayed at a sort of rainforest lodge with a great pool, fairly cheap on one of the ‘hidden brand name’ sites. The town is not much, but we were glad to feel no time pressure on our falls day).

  14. 14.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 22, 2019 at 1:57 pm

    @Raoul: We also spent two nights in Puerto Iguazu, so we really took our time at the falls.

     

    I’ll put together my Patagonia pictures (different trip) for another OTR, maybe after Thanksgiving. Bariloche gets quite crowded in the summer, but the beauty is hard to match.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    November 22, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    @satby: Were you looking from the front page of Balloon Juice or from On the Road under Featuring?

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