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Argentina: Day 12
Pictures and Stories about Bicycle Adventures
Argentina Bicycle Tour of
Northwest Provinces
September, 2016
From Estancia las Carreras en Tafí, Cycle to San Miquel de Tucumán (Home of Argentina's Declaration of Independence),
Change Climates and Ride Through a Rain Forest; See Plenty of Agriculture Near San Miquel;
At San Miquel, We Will Break-Down and Pack our Bike (the Bee) and We Will Tour the City on Foot
More Photos of Our Place of Stay, Estancia las Carreras en Tafí, Tucumán, Argentina
Left: Court Yard and Mountain Background.
Center: Hall with Bee and Gear to be Loaded.
Right: The Bee Awaits.
Left: Bar / Kitchen.
Center: Breakfast.
Right: Dining Area.
We're Heading Out to Provincial Road 355 (Dirt then Paved)
Above Left: Horses on a short drive.
Above Right: Caballero driving the horses to their pasture.
Above: Dique la Angostura.
Above Left: Riding east on Provincial Road 355, now paved.
Above Right: There is the Dam for Dique la Angostura.
Above Left: Dique la Angostura and some free range hoses.
Above Right: We managed to get to Provincia Ruta 307 and we turned south (for about 18k).
Southbound on Provincia Ruta 307
Above Left: The clouds ahead are sitting on the Parque Nacional Campo de los Alisos 'Rain Forest'.
Above Right: More free range horses.
Above Left: A Roadside Tourist Stand with something free.
Above Right: It's a statue with a friendly hand wave.
Above Left: A beautiful Rooster.
Above Right: Free range Horse, Pigs, and Cow lying in the background.
Above Left: We're entering the Rain Forest and seeing the last Tourist Stand for a while.
We have plenty of road shoulder space but in the mountain draw ahead it can get very narrow.
It will not rain on us but we are carrying rain gear.
Above Right: The last Tourist Stand for a while.
Parque Nacional Campo de los Alisos / Place of the Alders National Park
Above: Parque Nacional Campo de los Alisos 'Rain Forest'. Campo de los Alisos means Field or Place of the Alders.
Above: Rio Sosa.
Above Left: Waterfall Grass.
Above Right: Durazno Blanco (White Peach).
Above Left: Open Range.
Above Right: Waterfall Grass.
Above Left: As we descend, we continue to see more green.
Above Right: A Reminder.
Above: Dennis and the Bee sit while Terry investigates the stairway; it's just a Rio Sosa access.
Above Left: Rio Sosa.
Above Right: A new type of pine tree to us.
Above Left: We're descending.
Above Right: A roadside shrine.
Above Left: We've entered into an area of switchbacks. Switchbacks always indicate steep climbing or a steep descent.
Above Right: Looking down.
Above: More Switchbacks.
Tropical Rain Forest
Above: We just entered a Tropical Rain Forest (from an Alto/High [Altitude] Rain Forest).
Above Left: Azucenas/Lilies - We will see some Lilies.
Above Right: Man driving cow and calf to pasture. We were moving fast downhill and Dennis had to turn the camera on and quick snap the photo, it's no too bad.
Above Left: Azucenas/Lilies.
Above Right: Looking across the Tropical Forest, mountain valley, and the road ahead.
Above Left: We stopped to see the Virgin of the Flowers (but we have no pictures). Federico stopped to see how we were doing.
Above Right: A nice view.
Above Left: Roadside shrines.
Above Right: Coasting downhill at 30 mph/45 kph.
Above Left: Bromeliad in the trees (not blooming).
Above Right: A new tropical plant to us.
El Indio / The Indian
A Recognition of the Indigenous Peoples
Above: El Indio / The Indian, a Recognition of the Indigenous Peoples.
Above: Dennis and Terry Struck at the Indigenous Peoples Celebration Monument El Indio (the Indian) in Parque Nacional Campo de los Alisos, Tucumán / Tucuman, Argentina (Photo by Federico).
Above Left: Una Zona Turística.
Above Right: The front side of the monument; unfortunately this is a facing the sun photo (called a Sun Shot).
Above Left: We are out of the mountains and riding the flats of the pampas plains.
Above Right: Blooming Bromeliad.
Above: Flowering shrubs on the roadside.
We departed Rio Sosa and Parque Nacional Campo de los Alisos at about the same time.
Things got busy (no pictures). We followed Ruta 307 for another 5-8 kilometers to and through Santa Lucia. We continued to follow Ruta 307 another 3-4 kilometers to the town of Acheral where Federico met us to avoid traffic and to take us along busy Highway 38 to our hotel (Hotel de Sol) in San Miguel de Tucuman.
Hotel de Sol in San Miguel de Tucumán
Tandem Bicycle Break-Down, Hotel Side Area
Ta Da!
We Visit the Pabellon of Congress of Argentina
Where Independence was Declared in 9 July 1816 in Tucumán
Above Left: Lapacho Tree on Paseo de Independencia.
Above Right: Paseo de Independencia.
Above Left: Independence Pabellon and Museo in Tucumán, Argentina. One of the many good attributes is that while there is an entrance fee (for maintenance) it is relatively inexpensive, it's for everyone!
Above Right: A very strong box.
Above Left: 1904 Location.
Above Right: 1874 Location.
Above Left: 1869 Location.
Above Right: Pabellon of Congress, Plans.
Above: Eagle Symbols.
Above: Weapons of the Revolution.
Above: Historical Figures of the Revolution for Independence.
Above: 200 Años/Years Celebration of the Revolution for Independence.
The Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced
Above Left: The Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced is noteworthy in that it literally captures the spirit of the Revolution for Independence in its mural artwork.
Above Right: A reminder that the current Pope (2017) is from Argentina.
Above: The Basilica de Nuestra Senora de la Merced is noteworthy in that it literally captures the spirit of the Revolution for Independence in its mural artwork.
We have had a Full Bike Touring Day, We Packed our Bike for Travel,
and We Toured Very Important Historical Locations.
Tomorrow We Tour Tucumán for Fun.
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