The last few days of our trip. Look how far away Posadas (day 3) looks now.
Some of my favorite places were on the last leg of our trip, including the town of Chilecito. While there, we got to see a leg of South America's famous Dakar Rally, an all-terrain race between Buenos Aires and Lima, Peru. We also stopped at the Inca ruins of El Shincal (above).
Visiting Talampaya and Ischigualasto National Parks was the icing on an already tasty Northern Argentina cake (it tastes like ham, in case you're wondering). They were simply amazing and well worth the drive. The park guides were great and we really learned a lot about the area.
Our last stop was to Alta Gracia, where Che Guevara, a South American icon, lived as a boy. This felt oddly similar to our last stop in the US at Graceland, but with fewer tacky souvenirs purchased. We also stopped at the Centro de Informes de OVNI (Center For UFO information) which cemented the fact that there are weirdos on every continent...or maybe it's just us. Definitely.
All in all, an awesome trip! We are so thankful that we had a safe drive and stayed healthy, safe and relatively sane on the trip.
Just how many miles did we drive? If you can guess correctly, I will send you a lovely trip-related trinket.
Early morning in Belén.
Chilecito also had really tasty snacks and a beautiful Christ statue.
This is where the paved roads ended. Again.
One lane, steep drop-offs and no guardrails. This makes for a very relaxed and
stress-free ride.
stress-free ride.
Our first stop in the San Juan province, Talampaya National Park.
They called this the cathedral.
The second, Parque Nacional Ischigualasto, aptly called Valle De La Luna (Valley of the Moon).
The landscape was so different within the same park.
When I think of national parks, shirtless hairy Argentines will forever be burned in my brain.
"Che" is a filler word they use here that's like "hey". He's called that because it's slang specific to Argentina.
The motorcycle he rode through South America. Don't get any ideas, Teague.
6 comments:
My favorite is The Cathedral.
Secondly, has Sean shaved that beard yet? He might not make it through security in Denver next month!
Thousands of hipsters wearing shirts with Che silkscreened on them are jealous of your Che experience, even though they probably no nothing about about him, other than he was some sort of revolutionary. Ahhhh, youth.
My official guess is 2875 miles.
Beautiful! Reminds me of Utah (arches and Bryce)
Beautiful photos (again!) The Cathedral also reminds me of Utah (like Jen said) and Sedona. I am incredibly jealous of your warm weather too; it's supposed to snow in Florence tomorrow. Yikes!
And I thought the skies here in AZ were bright blue! Love the pics of Teague, esp. in front of the statue. If I know him, I bet those are lots of little Hot Wheels in his cargo pockets!>Day-to-day living in B.A. can get "old" sometimes, no doubt, like anywhere else, but WHAT a fabulous road trip, another once-in-a-lifetime S.American experience for the 3 Baers!
Kim, thankfully Sean shaved his beard when we got home. When we travel he goes 'incognito' with the hair and beard, and every time he looks more and more like Ted Kaczynski.
Karen, Sean has a Che wearing Mickey Mouse ears shirt. He's very ironic.
Jen, Argentine park guides are in love with Utah. As soon as we said we were from the US, they all wanted to talk about Bryce and Zion!
Carrie, I'll be saying the same thing in July when everyone is in the middle of summer and it's winter here! Hope Spring is on the way soon for you!
Dodgie, good eye! Of course he had cars in his pockets!
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