Crossing the Andes: Chile to Argentina High Pass Part 01
Part 1: A colourful beginning through the purple and green mountains, prepare yourself to be awestruck by the beauty of this harsh yet amazing landscape.
-- When we chose to cross over this Pass in the Andes we had no idea what was to come. Steep dirt roads with no guard rails awaited us, a no-man’s land of 150km (93 miles) between the Chilean and Argentinean border that took over 3 hours to cover!! We edited this beautiful and mostly eerie passage into 5 videos of 2 -3 minutes long.
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Mendoza, Upsallata and Barreal Thefletchers's photos around Mendoza, Argentina (barreal route)
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Entry from: Mendoza, Argentina
Entry Title: Mendoza, Upsallata and Barreal
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After Puerto Madryn we should really have continued south further into Patagonia.. but we heard on the grapevine that the weather is cold cold cold down south.. including recent reports of snow.. so we opted to high tail it up to Mendoza and make the most of the sunshine. So back on the bus for 20 hours and we woke up to views of glorious vineyards with the backdrop of the Andes as we approached Mendoza.
We scooted straight into a hostel called Casa Pueblo.. a little rustic hostel with a very Argentinian feel. We had a day or 2 to relax and explore the city.. Bruce's gout was continuing to play up so we tried to take it a bit slowly with a nice day in the park and not to much racing around.
We then decided to hire a car and explore the province (which is huge). The mineral water in this region is called Villavicencio which is produced up in the mountains and the bottle depicts an old 1930s hotel which is now derelict, so we hit the road and drove into the mountains. It was a spectacular drive.. and we really felt like we were exploring. The hotel was amazing. you cant go in but it has a charm about it of days gone past and amazing elegance that it must have hosted. Its nestled in the mountains, miles from anywhere so we wandered round and itched to go inside but its all boarded up and therefore all the mysterious. It would have made an amazing wedding location with the quaint little chapel nextdoor. We stopped for a cuppa just by the hotel at the last sign of civilisation for a fair while and then embarked on the 3 hour drive which took us high up into the mountains on a dirt road, via 365 hairpin bends and into the clouds. We saw wild llamas roaming the mountains and little other signs of life. There were old disused mines, huge skies and amazing cloud formations. We left the clouds at the top and saw the old samaritans road marked with a line of crosses and headed down into the valley towards Upsallata where we intended to find a place to stay.
The landscape was so dramatic.. huge rocky mountains all around.. bright sunshine and sweltering heat on the dusty roads.. and then in the valley a pocket of poplar trees providing the windbreak for the small town of Upsallata. This is where they filmed Seven Years in Tibet.. and we searched for accommodation to find most of it was taken with another film crew making another film. I was dying to ask if anyone famous was around but my spanish didnt quite extend that far...
Eventually we settled into a cabana owned by a Argentinian horse breeder. The cabanas were in the middle of his field looking directly onto the Andes. His horses, dogs and geese roamed around and it was heaven. We had a few sundowners and crashed.
The next day we got back on the road and headed to Barreal.. a small town we had been recommended 100kms on dirt track from Upsallata. We started on the drive and encountered dirt track road works which were a bit of a mission.. then we just drove and drove and drove some more. It was flat.. scorching.. dusty and surrounded by huge rocky mountains either side of the expansive plains. About 1.5 hours in we wondered what on earth we were doing, but about an hour later we pulled into the sleepy, shady, leafy town of Barreal and it was well worth the drive. We had been recommended a hotel called La Querencia and after much driving around the dusty lanes and enquiriing we finally found it. Sadly it was full but we took the opportunity to sit on their veranda looking at the Andes for a sundowner. It was about 7pm and blistering hot still. It really was a beautiful place. We headed back to our hostel which was very nice and very empty and finally went out in search of food at about 10pm.
Sadly the next day Bruce woke up in excruciating gout pain in his knee. We decided to head onto San Juan to get back to Mendoza and try and have his knee sorted out as we were both worried about his ability to ...
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Photos from this trip:
1. Skies en route to Mendoza
2. Villavincencio Hotel
3. Hairpin bend road to Upsallata
4. Samarians road to Upsallata
5. Bruce's favourite rock..
6. Upsallata poplar avenue
7. The view from our cabana
8. Bruce with Muppet our adopted dog for the night
9. Aconcagua
10. Aconcagua Cemetry
11. Sundowners at La Querencia
12. Puncture en route to San Juan
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Valle de Calingasta Pampa del Leoncito San Juan
Calingasta es un departamento de la provincia de San Juan (Argentina). Se encuentra ubicado en el extremo suroeste de dicha provincia, donde predomina un paisaje cordillerano, de serranías y caudalosos ríos. Se desarrollan actividades coma la agricultura, con producción de frutas y hortalizas, en los valles, también se destaca con importancia el turístico principalmente en la localidad de Barreal y con menor desarrollo la minería.
El río de los Patos es un curso de agua permanente que atraviesa de sur a norte en la zona centro este del departamento Calingasta, en el extremo suroeste de la provincia de San Juan, Argentina
Sus aguas provienen del deshielo de la cordillera de los Andes, teniendo como afluentes al río De los Patos Sur y el río Blanco, discurre en dirección sur-norte al pie de la cordillera y precordillera. En la zona del valle existe un pequeño caserío.
Tiene un caudal de 49 m³/s, y es el principal afluente, junto al río Castaño, del río San Juan.
El Barreal Blanco o Pampa del Leoncito, es una depresion ubicada a 20 km de la localidad de Barreal, en el departamento Calingasta, en el suroeste de la provincia de San Juan, Argentina.
La planicie se encuentra en el lateral del camino que une la localidad de Barreal, con el Parque nacional El Leoncito.1
El Barreal Blanco es una seca planicie perfectamente lisa de alrededor de 10 km de largo por 3 de ancho, creada a partir de la evaporación de una cuenca lacustre reciente, del Holoceno (período Cuaternario).2 El color de los sedimentos superficiales es blanquecino y corresponde a limos y arcillas de cementación salina.
Calingasta is a department of the province of San Juan (Argentina). It is located in the extreme southwest of this province, where an Andean landscape predominates, of mountainous areas and large rivers. Activities are developed as agriculture, with production of fruits and vegetables, in the valleys, also stands out with importance the tourist mainly in the town of Barreal and with less development mining.
The Los Patos River is a permanent watercourse that crosses from south to north in the eastern center of the department Calingasta, in the extreme southwest of the province of San Juan, Argentina
Its waters come from the melting of the Andes mountain range, having as tributaries the De los Patos South and the Blanco rivers, it flows in a south-north direction at the foot of the mountain range and foothills. In the area of the valley there is a small hamlet.
It has a flow of 49 m³ / s, and is the main tributary, next to the Castaño River, of the San Juan River.
The White Barreal or Pampa del Leoncito, is a depression located 20 km from the town of Barreal, in the department Calingasta, in the southwest of the province of San Juan, Argentina.
The plain is on the side of the road that joins the town of Barreal, with the National Park El Leoncito.1
The White Barreal is a perfectly smooth dry plain about 10 km long by 3 wide, created from the evaporation of a recent Holocene lake basin (Quaternary period) .2 The color of the surface sediments is off-white and corresponds to silts and clays of saline cementation.
1DRON EN CRUCE DE LOS ANDES LOS PATOS SAN JUAN DRON DJI
PRIMER DRON CRUZA LOS ANDES INFINITO BELLEZA SILENCIO INMENSIDAD MINERAL VIENTO SALVAJE DJI
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