More Argentina photos…
A Day Down Under March 7th, 2008Here are some more photos from our trip to Argentina. They’re not in any particular order, but are pretty cool.
Here are the Andes from the aeroplane, heading to Mendoza from Santiago.
Here is the highest mountain in the Americas; Aconcagua. It is so high up, and when you see it, like in the photo, it looks pretty close by, but when you think about it, we are not even half way up here in this photo!
Here is our team waiting for the start of a stage. It looks pretty cool, maybe i should have changed it to black and white, or serpia or something to give it a classic look! Maybe i can fiddle around and put it up next post…!
For the start of stage eight, we were leaving for the race in the dark (which was quite an efforet after all the other stages finishing in the dark), and arrived at the start for this stunning sunrise…
Then turning in the other direction, we had this stunning view!
John Freddy Parra, our unbelievably strong Colombian team mate, shares a common interest with me, a love of cereal! He was a machine, at both racing, and eating cereal, and i thought this was worthy of a photo…
Paco, our great soigneur, entertainer, and poser, at it again, this time at the finish of stage eight, high up in the Andes…
… and this time while we were eating a roast dinner after the final day!
The race caravan was quite a sight; every team used a Mercedes Sprinter van! This is a bit different to what we are used to, which is all small cars so as we can see over the top of them!
The hotel we stayed at, Hotel Eben Ezer.
At times i thought i was back in Australia, with roundabouts…
… and gum trees!
After the last stage we were able to take a bit of a look around Mendoza, and see the sights. It is a very lively city, and there is always a lot going on around the streets. There was this dude there, fully painted in blue, who just stood there. Yep, he just stands. Interesting job hey. “So what do you do for work?” “Well, i colour myself blue, and stand…”
Pretty funny!
Also, when we were in Mendoza, all the traffic was held up, and we looked to see what the problem was. A tree branch had fallen on a passing car! Pretty scary. The driver was fine, and as we were there the emergency crew were in the process of cutting the branch up.
So there are a few photos from the trip. I hope they give a bit of an idea of what it was like down there. It was a very interesting experience, and very eye-opening.
A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
March 7th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
hey tommy… we ned to update your site. send me some pix for the new look.
curtis
March 7th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
hey tommy… we ned to update your site. send me some pix for the new look.
curtis.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Great pictures! You always take really good pics, maybe you should take up photography! I love you!
March 8th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Bueno’s Dias!
Enjoyed the photos, and your experiences in S. America!
Oldie-Roswell, GA
March 10th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Gidday mate, gotta say the photogreaphy continues to be awesome. Need a new one at the top of the site though with the new team kit. We’ve just came back from camping - its the labour day long weekend. Great weather, in the 30’s. Bob, Vik, John, Ang, Tom, Pam, and a few kids. Was a terrific time up near Reefton, caught a fish, Sean used the new machete I got to clear up EVERYTHING within a 100 yd radius. That boy is an energy machine. We have the Otway classic next weekend, so that should be nice and bloody hard. And, I just heard the long range forecast and it might be about 37 degrees, which is really not good. Herb had the baby last week, and all are really well. I’ll probably misspell the name but its ‘amarly’. He says gidday, and is going over the bike for the weekend and will be putting the cosmics in too! Hope Keally and the ‘roswell oldies’ are travelling ok. Keep training hard, and congrats on the results from down south. Love the end quotes. Miss ya mate.
March 12th, 2008 at 3:24 am
G’day Tommy,
I saw in your photos from previous posts you were using one of the BT-ATS ergos. Just wondering how much time you spend on it and what you do when you are on it. I am thinking of one as a long term investment and would appreciate your opinion.
Hope the training and racing is going well. Stay upright!
March 13th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Thanks for the reply everyone, and a new-look site is on the way; we did the photo shoot yesterday! Stuart, i highly recommend a BT-ATS, it is the best way to do your specific training. I got mine over a year ago, and haven’t looked back. It is a great investment because they never wear out, and you also get a huge manual with it, explaining all sorts of training programs and techniques in fine detail. Leading up to important races, i am on mine twice a week, sometimes three times. email me huckfactor@hotmail.com and i can answer more questions.