Ruta Nacional 40
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Mountain road - Paso de Upsallata
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Ruta 40 - and the road.................continues
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Ruta 41 - journey into the unknown
Ruta 41 - journey into the unknown
Ruta 41 - on the moon
Ruta 41 - on the moon
Ruta 41 - challenging
Ruta 41 - challenging
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Ruta 41 - down to Lago Posadas
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Argentina - Ruta 51
Ruta 40 - HFF!
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Ruta Nacional 40
RN40 is with 5301 km the longest route in Argentina and one of the longest in the world alongside such routes as US Route 66, Canada's Trans-Canada Highway, and Australia's Stuart Highway. At its traditional southern end near the city of Río Gallegos, it starts at sea level. It then crosses 20 national parks, 18 major rivers, and 27 passes in the Andes. Route 40's highest point is with 4972 m (16404 ft) the pass "Abra del Acay" in Salta Province. This image (elevation about 4100 m) shows our first contact with this road, first driving west from San Antonio de los Cobres and then north to a famous viaduct of the "tren de las nubes".
We intended to drive south from this viaduct across the 4972 m high pass, which is actually the highest drivable road point outside of Asia. But the weather was against us, the pass was closed and we had to drive back all the way down to Salta, using again Ruta 51. We should have asked for more information probably. Later on the journey we recognized, "closed" can also mean, they don't want bloody tourists on the road ;-)
scanned slide, Minolta X700
We intended to drive south from this viaduct across the 4972 m high pass, which is actually the highest drivable road point outside of Asia. But the weather was against us, the pass was closed and we had to drive back all the way down to Salta, using again Ruta 51. We should have asked for more information probably. Later on the journey we recognized, "closed" can also mean, they don't want bloody tourists on the road ;-)
scanned slide, Minolta X700
Narvik 08, kiiti, Boarischa Krautmo, buonacoppi and 28 other people have particularly liked this photo
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And then I "woke up" and thought : So what for this fashion of these Super Four Whell Jeeps delivering well above 220 HP with AC and SatNav that run everywhere on our cities and highways ?
I love the alternative definition of the word "closed" :-)))
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