This post is from 5 October, 2005
Next on the tour was Parque Nacional Ischigualasto, nicknamed Valle de la Luna, the park I really wanted to see.
This land was perfect for preserving and fossilizing stuff centuries ago, and we saw examples right off the bat.
Valle de la Luna is called thats, Valley of the Moon, because of its strange multicolored hills, which look like what past peoples thought the surface of the moon would look like.
While everyone was gawking at the Valley of the Moon (and listening to the Spanish-speaking tour guide) I turned around and saw this little guy.
Throughout the vally there were strange rock formations to be seen.
In one place, we found dozens of rocks which had been worn down into almost perfect spheres. I am not clear on whether the rocks were all found in this spot, or if they were found around the valley and brought to this spot. My guess is the latter.
When we got to the Submarine, the sun peeked out for a few minutes. You can see with the sunlight just how warm the colors in the valley ought to be.
At the end of the tour, we came to the Valley's most popular rock formation -- The Mushroom -- and decided a group shot was in order.
And then it was back to the hostel for our reward for biking and trekking around all day: asado and cervezas!
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