The Route 40 is comaparable to Route 66 in the US, runing from Rio Gallegos in Patagonia 5000kms to the north of Argentina. Mostly unpaved dirt road, ensuring a lifeline to the farmers in the rural regions of Argentina. We drove a stretch of about 1500kms from Puerto Natales to Governador Costa. The Hilux did its job very well; we had an average of almost 90kmh on that section.
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| Származási hely: Ruta 40-Peninsula Valdes |
Apart of the small villages, the main attraction of the northern section was the cave of painted hands. It is a cave with number of handprints and hunting scenes painted some 8000 years ago. The guide who lives there outisde for 15 days, before moving into Perito Moreno “city” (next village 2000 habitans/ 150km north of the cave) for the other 15 days, explained that the cave is located in a 1500km long canyon crossing Patagonia. The paintings are under UNESCO protection for 15 years now. Nobody knows really, why the prehistoric chaps painted their hands on the wall. It is unique on the world.
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| Származási hely: Ruta 40-Peninsula Valdes |
Further photos;
http://picasaweb.google.de/szaipandras/Ruta40PeninsulaValdes#
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