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The Year of the Dog is over, and the Year of the Pig is here! On the occasion of the Spring Festival, Lao Mo would like to wish all the book friends a new year greetings!

I wish all book lovers a happy new year, happy family, good health and good luck in everything!

It is now the rainy season in South America, so the water level of the Paraná River rises rapidly. Therefore, in the rainy season, it is not enough to just point to the main dam to discharge the flood and generate electricity. The flood gate must also be opened according to the change of the water level.

The scientific name of this 386-meter-long flood gate should be called overflow dam, which refers to a dam whose crest can discharge flood, also known as a rolling dam.

Overflow dams can be divided into three types according to the form of flow, namely crest overflow, dam surface overflow and large orifice dam surface overflow. The overflow dam of Itaipu Hydropower Station is the overflow dam with large orifice dam face.

This kind of overflow dam with a special flood gate can adjust the water storage level and discharge flow of the reservoir. It is usually used in the downstream of the reservoir with a relatively large reservoir capacity. During the wet season, the reservoir capacity of the reservoir can be actively adjusted to ensure the reservoir Safety.

This overflow dam has fourteen huge flood gates with a width of 20 meters. When the flood gates are fully opened, the formation is only spectacular, and thousands of galloping horses are not enough to describe it.

Although the flood gate was not fully opened at this time, the flood of water pouring down from the gate still made a loud noise like thunder, and then the water flowed through the 420-meter-long flood discharge ramp below the gate. The bottom of the ramp caused a splash tens of meters high!

The water mist all over the sky enveloped the surrounding space of hundreds of meters. Tourists standing beside will be wetted by the water mist in a short while.

Yang Jing and the others have seen flood discharge from hydropower stations on TV or in movies before, but how can they feel so immersive when seeing the scene on the screen?

Anyway, Yang Jing and Ge Ge were stunned.

If you don't stand on the edge of the floodgate, you can't experience the kind of shock that can shake people's souls out!

The time for flood discharge is very long, so it is impossible for tourists to stand here and watch the flood discharge of the dam, so after admiring the extremely shocking scenery at close range for a while, the bus continued on its way. But this time the bus no longer continued to go to Paraguay, but turned around at the top of the dam, and then went directly to the top of the main dam.

Standing on the top of the 196-meter-high main dam, you can feel the magnificence of this artificial structure.

There is a two-lane road at the top of the dam, and tourists are allowed to get off and take pictures.

So on the crest of this dam, on one side is a reservoir with sparkling water that cannot be seen at a glance, and on the other side is a high dam body as high as a cliff. The feeling is also extremely shocking.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, it is really hard to imagine that human beings can build such a majestic building. No wonder it was named one of the seven man-made wonders of the modern world immediately after the Itaipu Hydropower Station was repaired.

This title alone is enough to prove the greatness of this dam.

After playing in the hydropower station for nearly two hours, until it was getting dark, the car tour was pulled back to the entrance of the hydropower station by the bus.

Not to mention, this trip was not in vain. At least I witnessed a miracle of modern architecture and felt the shock of this dam at close range. This is definitely worth the fare of this trip.

Back to Dongfang City in the evening, but Yang Jing did not follow Comrade Xiao Wang back to Lijiang Bun Shop for dinner. Starting from Asunción early this morning, he drove for more than 300 kilometers, and visited the Itaipu Hydropower Station non-stop in the afternoon. Even Yang Jing, who has always been in good physical strength, felt a little tired.

So after declining Comrade Xiao Wang's invitation, the group moved into a hotel that had been booked in advance.

Yang Jing and the others stayed at the best hotel in Dongfang City, Este City Casino Hotel. But even for the best hotel, its price makes Yang Jing feel that it is really too cheap.

Because the best executive suite in this hotel, the daily room rate is only equivalent to more than 2,000 yuan in national currency.

Since it is a casino hotel, the casino is indispensable.

Gambling is legal in Paraguay, so you can often see large and small casinos in this country. Dongfang City is the city with the largest concentration of foreigners in Paraguay, and Brazil across the river has always implemented a policy of prohibiting gambling, so there are casinos everywhere.

Those Brazilians will happily spinach here after crossing the Paraná River.

Therefore, just after entering Dongfang City today, Yang Jing saw no less than twenty casinos.

Of course, the casino in the Este City Casino Hotel where they are staying is naturally one of the top casinos in Dongfang City.

However, everyone was not very interested in spinach, and they were all tired, so they went back to their rooms to rest after dinner.

Early the next morning, Comrade Xiao Wang came again driving a pickup truck.

Brother Yang, my dad said that he must accompany you well. For this reason, my dad gave me two days off.

Seeing Comrade Xiao Wang's high-spirited expression, Yang Jing could only accept this kindness with a smile.

Brother Yang, sister-in-law, today I will take you to Argentina. If you want to enjoy the Iguazu Falls, the best place is Argentina. And if you go to Argentina, you can also take a look at the Three Kingdoms at a Glance The view. Of course, you can see it from the Brazilian side, but not as good as the Argentinian side.

Hehe, brother, how to arrange today's itinerary, we will listen to you, you will be OK after looking at it.

With Yang Jing's words, Comrade Xiao Wang immediately became a tour guide. But there's no need to drive his broken pickup truck. Yang Jing and the others have four cars, and Comrade Xiao Wang can definitely drive it.

So Xiao Wang ruled to squeeze Bruno into another car, and he sat in the co-pilot position of Yang Jing's car. Of course, this car also became the leader of the team.

Walking northward for less than one kilometer from the casino hotel, you will return to the bridgehead market, and then cross the border checkpoint and enter Brazil again from the Friendship Bridge.

Although Paraguay also borders Argentina, there is no bridge connecting Paraguay and Argentina near Dongfang City. Therefore, if you want to enter Argentina from Oriental City, you must pass through the city of Foz do Iguazu in Brazil, and then pass through the Iguazu River between the city of Foz do Iguazu and Puerto Iguazu in Argentina. Only the Tancredo Neves Bridge can enter Argentina.

After crossing the Friendship Bridge, drive east along Highway 277 for about three kilometers, then turn directly south into Paraná Avenue, then walk south for four kilometers, then turn into Great Falls Avenue, and finally turn into the South Market Boulevard, and go through the border checkpoint on that boulevard.

South Market Avenue is a fully enclosed road that connects Brazil and Argentina through the Tancredo Neves Bridge erected on the Iguazu River. The border inspection stations at both ends of the road are the entrance and exit of this closed road.

After passing the border checkpoint on the Argentine side, the convoy began to wander around the city under the command of Comrade Xiao Wang, because the border checkpoint was in the eastern suburb of Puerto Iguazu, and the famous Three Kingdoms at a Glance The viewing platform is in the northwest corner of the city, and they need to cross the entire Puerto Iguazu.

However, the cityscape of Puerto Iguazu is obviously much better than that of Foz do Iguazu in Brazil in the north and Oriental City in Paraguay in the west. The city is not so hustle and bustle, but more of a tranquility.

Even if you can see groups of tourists from time to time, this city feels more calm.

After more than ten minutes, the convoy arrived at Iguazu Avenue on the south bank of the Iguazu River. This avenue is a famous sightseeing avenue in Puerto Iguazu. The east side of the avenue is the wharf of Puerto Iguazu, and the west end is the sightseeing square of seeing the three countries at a glance.

On both sides of the entire Iguazu Avenue, there are many colorful paintings painted on the cement walls. The colorful paintings include portraits of famous Argentine figures, as well as some local legends and stories.

On the side of the boulevard close to the viewing square, Yang Jing and the others found an interesting sculpture. The sculpture is a white marble figure pushing a yellow cart with blue bedrolls. Behind the sculpture, there is a concrete wall with red lines drawn on it, which are obviously routes within the territory of Argentina.

This sculpture aroused the curiosity of Yang Jing and Ge Ge, they stopped the car and got out of the car to look at the sculpture.

Seeing that Yang Jing and his wife were very interested in this sculpture, Comrade Xiao Wang started to introduce this sculpture.

Brother Yang, sister-in-law, this sculpture is the famous 'Basque trolley' sculpture and the route that Lal Reni Ugarte pushed the trolley on foot.

Basque trolley? On foot? What does this mean? Asked puzzled.

Xiao Wang said: Sister-in-law, although the location of this sculpture is not very eye-catching, the owner of this sculpture is very famous in Argentina and even in South America.

After a pause, Xiao Wang continued to explain: The full name of the owner of this sculpture is Guillermo Isidoro Lal Reni Ugarte, who was born on November 27, 1885 in Pamplo, Spain. In 1900, at the age of 15, he arrived in Buenos Aires, first as a sailor, and later to live in Patagonia, Argentina. In 1935, he called a friend bet, which changed his life and made him a rather strange and legendary figure in Argentina. His bet was about hiking on a wheelbarrow. On March 25, 1935, he used a wheelbarrow Filled with 130 kilograms of travel supplies, mainly including folding beds, mattresses and bedspreads, as well as kitchen utensils, heaters and other tools needed for travel, he began to push the wheelbarrow for his first trip On foot, he started from near the small town of Luis Piedra Buena in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and arrived in the capital Buenos Aires after 14 months. After arriving in Buenos Aires, his fame, thereby enhancing the reputation of Argentinian Basque and Navarran immigrants.

Lal Reni Ugarte made four hikes in a wheelbarrow in his life. The second was from 1936 to 1938, from Colonel Pringles in the province of Buenos Aires to Bolivia La Paz. The third was from Villa Maria in Córdoba to Santiago, Chile in 1943. The last trek on a wheelbarrow was from Trenque Lauque in Buenos Aires To Iguazu National Park, which ended in 1949. Puerto Iguazu was the last residence of Lal Reni Ugarte, who died in Puerto Iguazu on June 9, 1964.

Hearing Xiao Wang's explanation, Yang Jing and Gege couldn't help but look at each other, and they both found the admiration in each other's eyes.

The owner of this seemingly inconspicuous sculpture would have such a feat, this Ugarte is definitely a hero!

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