Travel - Argentina.

Argentina — far and near.

BUENOS AIRES

city did не произвел ожидаемого впечатления. Может быть, это потому, что было слишком много ожиданий. Может, возможности не было, была глубокая осень, и город был тусклым и мрачным, кто знает. Мы посетили центр, сел в отдаленных районах, но душа не особо коснулся. Мы видели, как на улицах люди танцуют танго, ходил в кафе, она была милой и симпатичной, но не более. Единственное место, что порадовало — это Ла бока. Район, который был первым портом столицы и которые затем начали заселять иммигранты из Италии, в основном, из Генуи.

THE IGUAÇU FALLS

This is not one waterfall, but a whole complex of 275 waterfalls that are at the same time, and on the Argentine and Brazilian side. With Argentina's more impressive bridges over the most powerful part of the falls – devil's Throat. But on the Brazilian side there is a possibility to fly by helicopter and by boat go under the water flow of a waterfall. The town of Foz do Iguazu is nothing special in itself is not grey and dusty. But on the Brazilian side is a lot of interesting, so we quickly issued a visa and headed for a day in Brazil. Flew by helicopter – was amazed at the size and power of the falls, rode on the boat got wet, shout from delight and horror.

At the same time learned about an unusual restaurant and decided to go there in the evening. I already talked about him in Brazilian notes, but again. Called several unusual "Churrascaria show." First you feed meat to impossible and hiccups, and then produced the stage enchanting dancers and musicians. Meat is the same as other places, but the show is really unusual. A kind of medley of all the dances, songs and cultural highlights throughout South America. Argentina is tango, Mexico – maracas, Peru – dancing Gauchos, Brazil – capoeira, and, of course, the sultry beauty of the festival of Samba. The level of execution is magnificent, wonderful voices and no soundtrack. The show is worth to watch it a second time, and I think even a third. I saw him twice, but both times it was great. Restaurant, more like a giant barn, with a capacity of more than 400 people, and every time is Packed. And this happens for many years. I must say that the barn protects the unit whether military, or police. And tourists, and the military is nice, because after the show they also feed the soul. By the way, evening the border crossing was very conditional. We drove the car, nobody was in sight, the driver honked his horn for decency, waved his hand, and we went without stamps and markings. At first I was worried about this, but on the way back the border guard just had a chat with the driver, and we drove without any formalities.

EL CALAFATE

This is the most amazing place of the entire trip – Patagonia. I fell in love with this town as soon as got off the plane in a small airport. It was kind of a home and home. And when we drove up to the town of El Calafate, the admiration only increased. For some reason he recalled the Swiss village of cozy wooden houses, very clean streets, lots of lights. The town stands on the shore of Argentino lake with unusual color of water. But the most valuable thing in this place is the Perito Moreno glacier and Churrascaria, meat restaurants. The glacier is the main attraction, for which, and eager to here all the tourists. This is the only moving glacier on the planet. Freaky height — 60 meters in height just above the water, this 15-storey building. The glacier area is constantly increasing, and periodically ice mass reaches the opposite shore of the lake, creating a kind of arch, which in turn creates a barrier to the waters descending from the Andes.

Some time, the glacier holding back a powerful stream of water, but at some point, the ice wall can not stand the pressure, starting to crack, broken into pieces, and arched down into the water, creating a small tsunami. For the sake of the enthusiasts come here and wait for weeks when this giant ice mass collapses into the water. But we had what we saw. The glacier is like breathing, because huge chunks of ice fall from time to time and cause strong waves. Then the ice floes drifting on the water surface of the lake and the color of the ice depends on the refraction of the sun can be emerald green, milky white, sapphire. We took a walk on Board a special vessel that allows you to get as close to the sheer wall of the glacier. The second miracle of this place — meat restaurants that just bring a huge bowl with different cuts of meat. All the rest — salads, side dishes, sauces, bread is simply not needed, they are superfluous at this celebration of life.

USHUAIA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO

Tierra del Fuego is at the southernmost point of the country and separated from the continent by the Magellan Strait. In the days of the famous discoverer Ferdinand Magellan island got its name, which seems a bit creepy. Sailor, sailing his ship past the archipelago, and saw several fires lit by the Indians on the shore, so called the land of Fire. The interior of the country called Patagonia, the interest the European

s have not called. What could be attractive in cold treeless plains and ice-covered mountains? The Spanish not tried to Annex it

к своим владениям. Вот если бы там было золото... в Аргентине, Чили акций с правом на территорию огненной Земли решает активно исследовать окрестности. И первыми поселенцами были заключенные. Построил себе тюрьму, потом построили город железной дороги. Место было мрачное и в предыдущие годы, но теперь это яркий и веселый разноцветный город. Кстати, одной из достопримечательностей здесь является поездка по узкоколейной железной дороге, где заключенные шли на Лесоповал.