Chile-Argentina 2010

first breakdown......we lost the tank of our Pickup (really - no joke, it was not screwed on properly, 2 screws were forgotten).......;-)

in Rancagua

early morning in Rancagua

Salto el Laja, Chile

better on black! The Malleco Viaduct (Spanish: Viaducto del Malleco) is a railway bridge in central Chile, passing over the Malleco River valley in the Araucania Region. It was opened in 1890. At that time it was the highest such bridge in the world. A myth claims that the bridge was designed by Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel made a bridge proposal, but it was rejected by the Chilean authorities. It was designed by Aurilio Lasterria and the manufacture of the bridge was awarded to Schneider et Cie. O Le Creusot, another French company.

The Malleco Viaduct (Spanish: Viaducto del Malleco) is a railway bridge in central Chile, passing over the Malleco River valley in the Araucania Region. It was opened in 1890. At that time it was the highest such bridge in the world. A myth claims that the bridge was designed by Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel made a bridge proposal, but it was rejected by the Chilean authorities. It was designed by Aurilio Lasterria and the manufacture of the bridge was awarded to Schneider et Cie. O Le Creusot, another French company. The bridge is 102 m tall and 368 m long.

the last photo was taken from this standpoint on the Panamerica bridge above the Malleco river........unbelievable slim concrete pillars ;-)

in Chile you can find a lot of old steam engines, some abandoned, some restored, beside the road........