2015-06-07 -31 -63

Sun 7 Jun 2015 in -31,-63: -31.0491659, -63.8822913 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Rural area near Colonia Caroya. Córdoba, Argentina.

Participants

• Onicofago
• Juan
• My brother Pablo

Plans

First attempt at this virgin graticule, aiming for Level 2 of Minesweeper. Tried to drive there having my brother visiting.

Expedition

Left home around 10am, drove all the way to Colonia Caroya and then some, thru a beautiful long avenue with big trees at both sides, in a sunny day of Autumn. On the way we isited a statue of what I suppose to be the first Italian (friulian) immigrants of the zone and took some pictures.

Next, we abandoned the paved road to get some dirt going to the little town of Tinoco (pop. 169), in a very rural area. After some scary driving in loose sand for several km we reached the field where the hashpoint supposedly laid but were stopped by a closed gate with a barking dog.

Then we went East 2km and tried to reach the hashpoint from that side, but got stopped again by another chain-and-lock gate even further from the actual point. The nearest point we came was a little more of 1km South of today's coordinates.

Anyway, we kept the spirit up and went to a restaurant in Colonia Caroya for some pasta before coming back home.

Photos

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  Arriving to Colonia Caroya.

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  Avenue with big trees

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  Abandoned building.

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  Typical field in Caroya.

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  Statue of the Immigrants.

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  Dirt road near Tinoco.

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  Arriving to Tinoco.

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  Main church in Tinoco.

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  Main square in Tinoco.

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  Guardian dog at the gates.

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  Less than 1.5km.

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  Somewhere over there would be the location.

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  Thwarted again coming from the East.

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  Chain and lock.

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  No Trespassing sign.

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  At least there were flowers.

Achievements

• No Trespassing