Day 14 Saturday 26 th November 2016
La Rioja to Tucuman (516kms)
The morning dawned with a drizzle, sufficient moisture for us to put up the bimany (small hood cover) for the first time.
We arrived at the start of the Regularity La Lancha to find that it has been cancelled due to heavy rain overnight. A long drive then to the time control at El Rodeo. Interesting patch of birds' nests on the electric wires.... not sure what birds they were but we did not see any. Many goats running loose on the roadsides. There were orange groves with small stalls selling bags of oranges and melons.
One feature of road travelling here is the number of police roadside checks. Rally cars are usually waved through, unless you are unfortunate enough to be pulled over for 'curiosity'!
The Regularity was El Serpiente, as the name suggests a winding twisting road at 80kph. We took it fairly easy due to the broken spring.
The scenery around here was orange groves, crops of maize and paddocks of colourful sunflowers. On the way into Tucuman a couple of busloads of young men were hanging out the windows of their buses (no shirts on), shouting, waving and taking photos of us.
It is another long weekend here so many families were out walking, talking and having fun.
La Rioja to Tucuman (516kms)
The morning dawned with a drizzle, sufficient moisture for us to put up the bimany (small hood cover) for the first time.
We arrived at the start of the Regularity La Lancha to find that it has been cancelled due to heavy rain overnight. A long drive then to the time control at El Rodeo. Interesting patch of birds' nests on the electric wires.... not sure what birds they were but we did not see any. Many goats running loose on the roadsides. There were orange groves with small stalls selling bags of oranges and melons.
One feature of road travelling here is the number of police roadside checks. Rally cars are usually waved through, unless you are unfortunate enough to be pulled over for 'curiosity'!
The Regularity was El Serpiente, as the name suggests a winding twisting road at 80kph. We took it fairly easy due to the broken spring.
The scenery around here was orange groves, crops of maize and paddocks of colourful sunflowers. On the way into Tucuman a couple of busloads of young men were hanging out the windows of their buses (no shirts on), shouting, waving and taking photos of us.
It is another long weekend here so many families were out walking, talking and having fun.
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