"I can't imagine anything more distant in this world than Argentina, where the end of the world is."
Argentina, the most distant country from China. If you lack a good reason, or you don't have free time, don't take your trip to Argentina lightly. But if you want to find poetry and far away, then please exile to Argentina.
It's the home of tango, where people believe in football, where there are the longest mountains on earth, the widest waterfalls, the loneliest lighthouses, and the end of the world.
The name "Argentina" is derived from the Latin word for "silver" plus a minor feminine sign. When Juan Díaz de Sollis and his party set foot on this land, they met the local Charuan people wearing silver jewelry, who believed that the legendary Silver Mountain was just upstream of the river, hence the name. Once very wealthy, ranked as the eighth largest power in the world, it has been reduced to a developing country, but it has regained its popularity because of its many extreme natural landscapes.
I, I am a wanderer, and Argentina has always been my beloved. Now, I have finally gone to this most remote wandering place to feel a different kind of South American style.
The edge of the Pampas, which was originally a wild area, appeared out of thin air as a huge and colorful city like Buenos Aires, which is a miracle. I think you can't find a city on the South American continent that is more European than Buenos Aires. The whole city is like Paris, and walking on the street is like crossing into Europe.
Like other tourists, we took a tour of Buenos Aires with Chinese explanations on a double-decker bus with 3 routes, almost all of which are in these 3 routes, including the Argentine Presidential Palace, Plaza de la Congress, The Teatro Colon, Booth city Chinatown, Boca district and so on.
Getting off the double decker bus, we stopped at the Boca area. Downtown Buenos Aires is very European, but Boca is full of South America. Known as the City of Graffiti, he owns a building that has been overturned by God, which is said to have been built by European immigrants from the Boca district when they came ashore and built with the old iron and paint of ships. The open-air stalls peddle a variety of quirky little goods.
There are even many "street ball kings" and tango artists, making money in their own ability, if you are interested in this, you can go forward to take a group photo, 10 dollars a piece.
This trip was designed for the ultimate natural beauty of Argentina, so I did not stay in Buenos Aires for a long time.
Driving all the way to Salta, about 3 hours by car from the city of Salta, over a mountain of more than 4,000 meters, we come to this scenic Salt Pan of Salinas Grandes.
It is located in the Salinas Grandes salt pan in the northern province of Jujuy in northern Argentina covering an area of 212 square kilometers and is the largest salt pan in the country. As early as ancient times, it was once a vast ocean, and later due to the movement of the earth's crust, the current Guangbao salt pans were formed. This is one of the most fascinating popular attractions in Argentina, a white salt desert that is not inferior to the Brazilian Thousand Lakes Desert.
Along the way I met many people, they were tourists, photographers, outdoor explorers. They came here for one reason only – the beauty. The blue sky is reflected in the clear water, like a sky realm.
Tips: The most important time to go to the salt pan is the right one, which is usually only seen in the rainy season.
At the northeast end of Argentina is the Iguazu Falls, the first of the world's three great waterfalls, located 23 km upstream of the confluence of the river and paraná on the border between Argentina and Brazil. The guarani language of the local Indians called the waterfall "Iguazu", which means "great water". Legend has it that the son of a tribal chief stood on the bank of the river and prayed to the gods to restore the sight of his beloved princess, and the reply was that the earth was split into a canyon, and the river rushed into the valley, and the princess saw the light again, and she became the first person to see the Iguazu Falls.
We stayed in Iguazu for a few days, booked a hotel near the waterfall, and went to all corners of the waterfall without paying for the entrance fee. Walking along the boardwalk in the park, there are all the waterfall tributaries distributed on various roadsides, the innermost is the most spectacular, there are three observation decks up and down, and there is a bridge that can walk to the front of the waterfall, the amount of water in the waterfall is too large, and one back and forth is the rhythm of the whole body of wet light. It is difficult to express in words the shock of seeing the waterfall, and every time I walk, I sigh once, the miraculous greatness of the Creator. The huge sound and sense of power of the waterfall, you must go personally, it will make you unforgettable.
Travel long distance through the southernmost tip of Argentina, home to the ultimate Glacier National Park. The Moreno Glacier has the third largest ice sheet in the world, after Antarctica and Greenland. But what makes it truly unique is that it crawls forward 2 meters a day, constantly shifting its position, and is an ever-changing work of art.
From the town of Calafate, the town closest to glacier park, drive down the road to glacier harbor for a boat ride that takes us up close on the lake to see the glacier with a picture of a blue ice cave on board for a sensory experience. We spent a day encountering countless ice floes and encountering a majestic and magnificent whole glacier. It was extremely exciting to sit still and watch the glacier collapse, and they said that sometimes it would take a few days to see it, but we were lucky when we went, and we happened to bump into their collapse.
Along the world's longest highway, Argentina's Route 40 stretches south, passing through 236 bridges, 13 lakes, 27 mountain passes, 60 towns, 20 nature reserves, 4 World Heritage Sites, climbing from 0 meters above sea level to 5,000 meters, and finally reaching the world's southernmost city - Ushuaia
Coming to this place will make people want to go home, because they have finally reached the end of the world, so there is nowhere to go, and in any direction, it is the way home. Two of the most famous attractions in Port Ushuaia are the lighthouse and the post office – to the "lighthouse at the end of the world" and leave unhappiness there. Go to the "Post Office at the End of the World" and write a postcard that I don't know if I can send to my destination.
At the end of "Spring Breaks", Zhang Wan came to the lighthouse ascended in Ushuaia before leaving Argentina. I think that most of the people who like to go are people who have lost love, and it is said that this lighthouse can contain people's tears and take away all your unpleasantness.
A small post office with only one person working is not open every day, and it always depends on luck when encountering it. Sending a postcard at the end of the world and crossing the ocean to see you also adds a lot of romance to Argentina.
In front of the lighthouse at the end of the world there is Penguin Island at the end of the world. The ship slowly approached a large reef, the moment the captain turned off the engine, the sounds of various animals came into the ears, seagulls, penguins, and sea lions lazily enjoyed the sun on the reef, although the cruise ship was close to the reef, but these small animals still did their own, regardless of the surroundings, sure enough, they had seen the big scene.
This is the sacred place for the next generation of Adélie penguins, Papua penguins, black-backed gulls and cape petrels, and it is one of the landing points on the Antarctic Peninsula where few commercial cruise routes can land, and countless penguin nests are scattered all over the peninsula, swinging in front of your eyes, it is not too cute.
Tips
Access to Ushuaia:
1. Flying from Bui to Ushuaia, the common ones are two airlines, LA (South American Airlines) and AR (Aerolíneas Argentinas)
2. If you plan to visit the GreatEre Glacier of Moreno, the small town of El Calafate has direct flights to Ushuaia.
3. Chile's Punta Arenas has a ferry or transit bus to Ushuaia, two bus operating companies, Bus Pacheco, which departs 135, and Bus Sur, which departs 246, both of which run once a day and take about 12 hours.
The beauty of Argentina is not easy to reach. It is at the end of the border, thousands of miles away in the city. Argentina is the farthest place you can go in this life. But when you get to Argentina, as long as you want to go back, every step you take is the way home.
<h1>Precautions</h1>
visa
There are two ways to apply for an Argentine visa, a paper visa and an electronic visa.
Paper signature: The Argentine Embassy is responsible, and the materials that need to be prepared are available online. Spanish required! Dual authentication. If the passport has a 10-year U.S. visa and the e-visa has not been rejected, the embassy will not accept paper visa interviews.
Electronic visa: Passports with validity of 10 years of U.S. visas or more than half a year of Schengen visas can be applied, valid for 90 days, up to 90 days stay.
flight
Since there are no direct flights to Argentina, you need at least one stopover to get to Buenos Aires. There are more choices for two-way transfers, but it may be more tossed overnight, and the difference between the price and the one-way transfer is actually not large, and it is not particularly recommended.
Domestic flights, common airlines and routes (list a few common flights, the specific itinerary can be selected according to their own situation):
1. American Airlines departs from Beijing/Shanghai/Hong Kong and connects to Buenos Aires via Dallas, USA.
2. Air France and KLM: Departing from Beijing/Shanghai/Wuhan and connecting via Paris or Frankfurt, it is also basically every day, and the flight time is similar to that of American Airlines, about 10h+13h.
3. Qatar Airways: Departing from Chengdu and connecting in Doha, the flight time is about 7h+18h, not every day. The Doha-Bui trip, which will stop in São Paulo, Brazil, may be delayed by about 1.5h due to pick-up and drop-off passengers and cleaning.
4. Ethiopian Airlines: Departing from Chengdu/Beijing/Shanghai via Addis Ababa, the flight time is 11h+16h.
Transportation: Buyi taxis are more expensive, and the price of domestic Shanghai is similar, subway buses can only buy transportation cards at convenience stores.
Currency: pesos, basically can not be exchanged in the country, you need to carry US dollars to exchange locally, and the exchange rate fluctuates greatly.
Hotel Facilities: In addition to toiletries and towels, slippers and kettles are required.
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