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| Conception - Catamarca (09+10/02/2011) | 82 + 75 km parcourus |
Encore un article pour deux journées de vélo.
Il faut dire qu'il n'y a vraiment pas grand chose à raconter. Je serais bien plus bavard pour un petit week-end en Ardennes.
Même quand cela monte cela ne m'amuse plus. J'étais d'ailleurs tellement pressé d'arriver au dessus du petit col qui surplombe Catamarca que j'ai dû attendre Corinne au sommet prêt de 15 minutes.... c'est vous dire, elle qui est toujours la première à m'attendre !
Allez, malgré tout, pour faire plaisir à Jean-Luc, il m'est arrivé une très mauvaise tuile :
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| Oh, oh ! Mais, sapristi, que ce passe-t-il ???? |
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| Non, vous ne rêvez pas, c'est bien mon thermarest... pas celui de Corinne évidemment ! |
Si c'est déjà arrivé à quelqu'un, merci se faire connaître !
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| Après, j'ai arrêté de soufler ! |
Bon, vu qu'il paraît qu'il y a moyen de trouver un matelas gonflable à Cordoba et que je n'ai pas l'intention de dormir toute une semaine à même le sol, nous ferons un petit bon en bus jusqu'à Dean Funes afin de nous en rapprocher.
Tous les Argentins disent que cette région est très jolie et qu'il faut absolument y passer avant d'atterrir à Cordoba... Wait and see !
Buenas noches... pour moi c'est pas gagné !
| Conception - Catamarca (02/09+10/2011) | 82 + 75 km cycled |
About 160kms separate us from Catamarca (the capital of the province of Catamarca), that we make in 2 days. We first wanted to make this part via a deviation on dirt-road in the mountains, but as it seems cloudy/rainy up-there we stay on the main-road (which is more or less flat, with cultivated fields).
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| It's raining in the mountains, so we stay down-here |
After having left Conception the main-road is very busy (=a lot of traffic), which becomes better after 40 kms.
On the busy part I saw an accident with a dog (just in front of me (100m) : the dog crossing the road got hit by a (fast) pickup... :-( The dog wasn't dead, but severely injured and he rolled (like mad) on the road (=almost getting hit by other fast (horn-blaring) cars...) Finally he reached the grass-side, where he could (probably) die... :-( After the nice evening spent with the 20 dogs yesterday, I had though a lot of this dog that day and the next days after.
The first evening we found a nice camping-place, next to a river, and horses grazing a little further.
There Enzo's Thermarest (=self-inflating sleeping-matress) seems to have had his best time (=probably due to the rain/humidity in Tafi del Valle). It's not a very good timing, as Argenina is the country where we make the most camping, and there is still more than 1,5month to go...
We also passed the 5000kms that day. (=I don't know if this time we will reach the 8000 (like 3 years ago), as we took lots (and long) pauses, and this time we seem to be less disciplined (=getting up and starting to cycle late)).
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The next day starts with a 13kms climb, which seemed a little difficult to me (=I paused 3 times...), and then a downhill that brings us to a village, where we hope to eat (as we're out of food and out of money), but there is no money-distributor... =which means we have to reach Catamarca today (=still 52kms and it is already 2 pm), but (with a favorable tail-wind), we arrived early.
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| Many Gauchito-Gil (=Gaucho= Argentinian cowbow) offerant-places in Argenina |
