{"id":3477,"date":"2022-08-27T18:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T21:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2022-08-27T18:43:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T21:43:02","slug":"chaco-and-formosa-2022-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/3477","title":{"rendered":"Chaco and Formosa 2022 Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date<\/strong><\/em>: Saturday 27 August 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trajectory<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Reconquista – Resistencia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance covered:<\/em><\/strong> 220 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was warm last night at Resistencia, and it was warm in the morning as I left. No more sweaters, I feel. Typical if uninspiring hotel breakfast, and off to pick up last night\u2019s laundry \u2013 then on the road again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This seems to be the standard breakfast for two and three star hotels<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Curiosity of the day was undoubtedly this tower, beautifully built of brick in the middle of nowhere. Once part of a sugar cane refinery it has been restored and apparently then abandoned. It\u2019s still very impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Very striking brick tower, not least because it is in the middle of nowhere<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today’s bird of the day was probably this juvenile roadside hawk \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2026 while this crested caracara\u2019s tussle with a largish snake is surely worth a mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About half way through today’s drive I came to the town of Florencia, for personal reasons well worth a picture. I love the way all these northern towns spell out their names for passing travellers in colourful fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I stopped for coffee here, and as I drove off was stopped by a nice police lady for not having my lights on as I entered the highway. She had me bang to rights and offered me a fine of the cost of three hundred litres of petrol but together we agreed this would mean a lot of paperwork and a long delay so we settled for the price of some meat and wine for an asado for the lads and lasses at the local police station. This is Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shortly afterwards we entered the province of Chaco …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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….. where the roads turned seriously bad <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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and in another half hour I was in Resistencia, where I was to spend the night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first there was the matter of a spot of lunch \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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with pudding, flaming as it arrived at the table \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then the check-in at the hotel. If it had been warm last night it was positively hot tonight \u2026 I guess it\u2019s going to get worse from here northwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tomorrow will be the final leg of my journey north to Formosa\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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