Gabriel Hernan's photos

This is the beginning of a route known as "Desert Route". A long, stright and flat route.... and this point is located exactly 1000km from Buenos Aires. There is no desert in the surroundings, it's a desolate region with little vegetation, almost unproductive located in the center of Argentina, but it happens that people know it well because in approx. 200kms there is nothing other than countryside, countryside and more countryside. No gas stations, no restaurants, no towns, nothing of nothing ... It seems bold, but in two hours and with a good car you can travel without any problem. I forgot: A few meters behind me, there is a comfortable hotel where you can spend a good night ....

Las Cuevas is a town in the Las Heras department, Mendoza, located in the Andes mountain range, close to the international border with Chile. It is the highest in the province (altitude 3,557 masl) and the one located to the west. It is 210 km from the provincial capital and 88 km from Uspallata, the nearest service center, linked by national route 7. It is important for being the last population of that route, which is the main Mercosur corridor that connects Brazil, Argentina and Chile, through the tunnel of Christ the Redeemer (altitude 3,185 meters above sea level). 9 km from the town, going up a narrow and winding road that was part of the old route to Chile (current national route A006), is the monument of sculptor Mateo Alonso to Christ the Redeemer, symbol of the fellowship between Argentina and Chile .