| Iguazu Falls Consists of 275 separate falls along a length of 2.7 kilometers. Falls are up to 269 ft. high and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil. The edge of the basalt cap recedes only 3 mm per year compared to approximately 3 feet for Niagara Falls. Nearby is a large power dam which is second only to the Three Gorges in China in capacity. It supplies 93% of the energy consumed by Paraguay and 20% of Brazil consumption. |
| Crossing Andes . Normal trip from Bariloche, Argentina to Puerto Varas, Chile is a short airplane trip or six hour drive on main highway. Instead we took fourteen and a half hour adventure consisting of four bus, three lake passenger ferries and a short motor buggy means. Three long narrow lakes up to 70 kilometers long are joined by short one lane single direction treacherous gravel and bolder roads. | ||||||||||
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| Puerto Varas & Chiloe Island Southern Chile This resort area was once a shipping hub prior to the Panama Canal opening. In recent years there has been a resurgence in seafood farming, berry growing and dairy have reduced unemployment to under 4%. Chile exports half its total goods produced. Most buildings in this area are heated by wood from 7 year harvest cycle planted eucalyptus forests. The trees also produce marketable oils. | ||||||||||
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| Santiago Wine Tour Modern city of six million could easily be anywhere in North America except snow capped Andes are right at city edge. | |||||||||||||||
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| Vina del Mar and Valparaiso, Chile Expecting two quaint ocean villages, these adjoining towns are almost a million people. Vina del mar is a Miami type high rise resort city with wide beaches while Valparaiso is a town clinging to a hillside with very narrow roads and colorful buildings that was the regions dominant sea port before the Panama Canal opened in 1914 | |||||||||||||||
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