Hedonism & Reflection

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Harley Davidoson Slippers

The Rescue Last rail, with four tracks

confectionery sympathetic Top Mountain Station, Villa Pehuenia, Neuquén, below, an old training, Carahue, Chile, near the suspension bridge President Eduardo Frei.

Down: Two interesting approaches Pablo Narud National Railway Museum, the city of Temuco, Chile, part of the Powerhouse and appearance of the central park.

Below the mouth of income Tunnel west to the Estate, near the Chilean city of Lonquimay, en route to Pine Hachado step. Extension is 4,500 meters below the mountain, is the second longest in South America.

When the travel writer takes out their motivations and sticky topics, such as a backpack full of obsessions. Will the childhood memory linked to the train station I put the question of railways as a recurring theme?

Trip to the Andes of Neuquén, and then a portion of Chilean geography, I found these historic tracks of the railroad, they An annotated and illustrated in a few strokes.
In Villa Pehuenia 125 kilometers of rail Zapala tip, a private businessman made the nice (and expensive) reconstruction of a railway station, which functions as ice cream and confectionery. He carried several freight cars that were recycled as dining cars, tracks and sleepers installed, assembled a valuable collection of railroad ... all in a picturesque corner is worth seeing! (Ah, the ice cream is rich and reasonably priced)
In Carahue, a friendly Chilean city that lies between Temuco and the Pacific, at the foot of the gigantic suspension bridge President Eduardo Frei (which crosses over the rushing waters of the Imperial River), has installed two old railway formations belonging to the State Railways of Chile. An appropriate tribute to the trains lost ... At the same
Temuco (political and commercial capital of the Araucania region) does the National Railway Museum interesting Pablo Neruda (www.museoferroviariotemuco.cl) we visited with high expectations. Is founded on what was the Grand Master Temuco Railroad, a group of buildings (including the giant powerhouse) and maneuvering area, similar to those that existed in areas of the province of Buenos Aires and Remedies Climbing, Bahía Blanca and Carmen de Patagones. In my blog of newspaper (www.perfilesespinosa.blogspot.com) may find the note I wrote about Neruda Museum of Temuco for the daily Noticias de la Costa, where I would let my imagination about a Patagonian Railway Historic Corridor.
Finally, and on the return journey, we chose to cross the mountains by the passage of Pino Hachado (connecting Lonquimay with Las Lajas) and on the route crossed the Roots tunnel, 4.5 km long, used today as road but originally built between 1929 and 1939, for the passage of the train. If you ever have to cross a Chile recommend them know. Four
historical railroad tracks, found in our February vacation.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

What Is A Place Like Jibjab

The mysteries of the Araucaria

know very little about the Araucaria. All we can find on wikipedia (Oh, Goddess of accurate information express!) Will be little when we meet face to face with one of these magnificent specimens of 40 and perhaps even 60 meters tall, who jealously guard the mystery bisexual fertilization so rare among plant and the legend of his longevity. Your generous fruit (the "monkey puzzle" who named the town "Pehuenche" and then corrupted to "Araucaria" and "Araucanian" influenced by the language of the conqueror) natural food provided many generations of the people of the land, and is now attracting curious houses selling souvenirs to tourists. It's been enough to put an end to the systematic exploitation of the resource and thus ended the existence of the elegant "plywood" is industrializing in the U.S. and England, to return to our countries with high added value.

Sperm Sharking Common In Japan

Villa Pehuenia, territory of the Araucaria

Photos: from top to bottom. Pehuén flag and the wind, our refuge in the mountain village, the small port on Lake Alumine that was the view from the bedroom, Dalia and araucaria estimated 700 years old, the view from the Batea Mahuida, Lake Ñorquinco , a pearl semivirgen, and a sunset over the lake Moquehue. Villa Pehuenia

is a corner of the Cordillera del Neuquén, lying on the Alumine Lake, near the Moquehue, at the foot of the volcano Batea Mahuida, which now rests peacefully on the border with Chile. Was wintering site of the Mapuche community, which collected the pinion ("monkey puzzle") resulting from the centuries-old pine and live in peaceful harmony with nature. The flag of the indigenous people is punished by harsh winds, but remains tense and guardian. A cabin in the foliage was the ideal place to rest for 7 days. Long walks and endless sunsets, good reading, notes for a future book chronicles apocryphal, fabric, talks serene mates and tranquility.