{"id":3390,"date":"2022-08-22T20:15:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T23:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2022-08-26T17:51:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:51:44","slug":"chaco-and-formosa-2022-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/3390","title":{"rendered":"Chaco and Formosa 2022 Day 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date<\/em><\/strong>: Monday 22 August 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trajectory<\/em><\/strong>: San Luis – Villa Carlos Paz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance covered<\/em><\/strong>:  367 km (no diversions)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No breakfast  in hotel this morning (it was only US$10!) so got coffee in an YPF station. Left San Luis at 08.00, very slow start with extensive road works that the sat nav couldn\u2019t handle but eventually got onto the open road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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San Luis was a city with a lot of road works …<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was heading north-east this time, so was spared the morning sun in my eyes, and after yesterday I learned to keep the sat nav on at all times. Noticed a considerable difference between shortest and fastest route \u2013 some eighty km extra for the fastest \u2013 I found out later why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An unprepossessing sign to mark another change of province<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After a while the plains of San Luis shifted into the sierras of Cordoba. The Province of Cordoba didn\u2019t have an impressive arch to mark my arrival, just a weathered common or garden road sign, but I did notice the ny new province was more populous, more prosperous and more sophisticated \u2013 the latter reflected in the many food options along the route. I had seen a number of rabbits along the route, and it seemed fitting that I should have rabbit stew for lunch \u2013 very tasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bunny for lunch – reminded me of ‘Fatal Attraction’<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You see strange things along the route, or perhaps anything that\u2019s a slight distraction grabs your attention. I was amused by this family in high viz advertising a roadside eatery \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strange things you see … selling salami sausages<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Again an abundance of birds along the route, and I largely resisted the temptation but was tempted by this Golden-billed saltator at one of the coffee stops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of many birds I saw today – and one of the very few I photographed<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But my best find of the day was the brocket (?) deer. I first saw one skulking in the undergrowth \u2013 he decided he didn\u2019t want to be photographed \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deer #1 – no wish to be friends<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 but a few kilometres along the road I saw another who was more than happy to pose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deer #2 – posed for me for as long as I wanted <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My bird of the day is this red-backed hawk, one of a pair that kept me entertained at another coffee stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red-backed hawk in flight<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Cordoba hills are beautiful but very twisty \u2013 the combination of height and endless bends made me carsick, the first time I can remember since I was a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typical roadside scenery as I twisted my way through the hills of C\u00f3rdoba.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, I felt better as soon as the road straightened out and arrived safely in Villa Carlos Paz, where my hotel was waiting for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My resting place for tonight – comfy, good wifi and a safe parking spot.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow to meet my friend Walter Cejas at Lake Ansenuza, part of a new National Park established in part through funding from the British Bird fair a few years ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: Monday 22 August 2022 Trajectory: San Luis – Villa Carlos Paz Distance covered:  367 km (no diversions) No breakfast  in hotel this morning (it was only US$10!) so got coffee in an YPF station. Left San Luis at 08.00, very slow … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-2","category-trip-to-formosa-and-the-chaco-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3390"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3467,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3390\/revisions\/3467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}