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[–] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

Anyone know where this is?

Edit: Found it! It's Los Caracoles (The Snails) pass in Chile next to the Argentine border.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

lots of serpentine roads like that in South America's Andes, we even have a train that moves back and forth as it sigsags up the mountain

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yep, took one like that going to a ski resort in Chile, was mega sick when I arrived

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

look at South American Andes over here

[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is so strange. I have almost been there.... on a work trip where i visited the hydro power plant just 50-100 meters down the road. Had no idea that was there...

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] lunsjentilanette@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just a site visit as part of a larger trip in the country (some knowledge exchange stuff in a hydro power company i used to work for), so we were visiting several parts of the power plants down the Aconcagua valley among other areas. This was the highest point of that particular part of the trip.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Sounds like a nice trip!

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Los Caracoles? (west out of Los Andes)

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 34 points 2 months ago

It's Spanish for "The Caracoles".

[–] Sylence@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I took a bus from Mendoza to Santiago that went down this road. Was pretty crazy at the time but still way less sketchy than the buses going through Bolivia.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 2 months ago

I was just going to post the same thing. I took the same bus route and man that was scary at some points looking out the window, over the edge.

[–] Tixanou@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

This confirms, once again, that Chile is the best country of Chile