Part
Yes, dear readers, it's time expect you all *: a new episode of this exciting saga about my adventures on the roads of the country, fighting against all odds to know beforehand to be presented, but no effort on my brow.
I have clear-and I think in this space many times, I said that tourism in Uruguay is almost impossible unless you have a motor vehicle with, for what the authorities and tour operators understand tourism almost limited to sunbathing and a dip stick on the beaches of the east and in summer, of course. If you want to know the rest of the country, dress as you can, and needless to say The most beautiful of the country are inaccessible to ordinary mortals like one.
The point is that my friend Laura, who for a couple of years is the owner of a motor vehicle known as "the rojito" ("Roger" in private), with whom we have shared Uruguay vicissitudes of travel, I said I wanted to know the Gorge of the Crows, and asked me to accompany her. I had visited the Crow Creek for several years, on a trip organized by the Association of Biology Teachers. The place is so spectacular, but his journey is sooo hard, and requires a lot of fitness and enthusiasm. In an act of friendship which I do not think he could, I accepted the challenge, which joined our friend Monica and Roger himself, why deny it, I love making and re-route all tierrudo.
Now, since I went to see my anatomy have to risk going down and up steep rocky walls, put a condition: and we went to the Department of Treinta y Tres **, wanted to use to determine the location of the Charqueada, which according to comments from several people, is a very pretty place.
It was then agreed this trip to "pay more oriental", which is the motto of which is called the Department of Treinta y Tres. After having booked accommodation, we started very early towards the sunrise.
Montevideo Leaving at first light of dawn
To listen: "Isla Patrol" by The Olimareños ; as GoEar wrong, here is a link.
How could it be otherwise be imposed by the duo The Olimareños (adjective of the department, taken from the river Olimar), which describes a place not visited, but it is nearby.
are not those of the fifth section that mentions the song, but look how cute
payments 
On route we advanced find this
of horsemen and light poles
A group of cyclists totally lost, since the day
of the Tour of Uruguay that day ran between Melo and Tacuarembó
already on the path to the Quebrada de los Ravens
we face a path culebrero
arrived at the entrance to the Gorge, we registered and paid the entrance, and we prepared to begin the adventure.
Data to keep in mind: not just any human being, however enthusiastic, can make the way of the Gorge, has more than two hours walk, the degree of difficulty is quite high, there is a good shoe to wear slip-forget about the needle heels or sandals, "scantily-style onion is the best because as you go along the way increasingly hotter, and the backpack, water and some food boy a cereal bar or an apple because you have to refuel somewhere in the stretch.
not forget that this is Uruguay, and the only thing at the entrance of the Gorge is a cushy positions alfajores and selling pies, and local brand drinks Lyda, and nobody would transport to occur from the city of Treinta y Tres to reach the Gorge (about 23 km) does anyone comes up to a stall selling bottles of water and cereal bars.
rojito We left in the parking lot to rest a few hours.
A grass parking
took the road to the Gorge, it is clear that a gully is a landform consisting of a *** deep chasm crossed by a stream of water, in this case, Yerbal Chico Creek, and is called "The crows" by the abundance of Cathartes aura ruficollis , which as everyone knows are not vultures and crows, but since when in Uruguay things take a name derived from logic.
I told you there were crows!
At first, everything is easy;
a wooden walking fool the gullible
View this set tall palm trees from above
gives a certain suspicion of the depth of the gorge
A first view of Yerbal Arroyo Chico, in the depths
When you begin to see spots of color that move and has not used any psychotropic substance, means that the depth is such that these colorful dots are people who have already begun the descent.
Now comes the good part: you have to climb down a steep cliff, holding onto a rope; it is there that regrets and remembers the evolution of Darwin's mother, because having a long, prehensile tail would be most practical.
For those who do not reach to foot six, some "steps" we are too high, hence it needs to descend using the technique of supporting the rock ass and go sliding; recognize the total absence of elegance, but it is the safest way if one wants to return with warm whole.
A vulture! In actually, are continuously, but they are very shy when being photographed
The way down is really screwed up, and despite the freshness of the morning, the sun's heat and the effort made that one has to do a slow strip-tease , so that the backpack is becoming increasingly heavier.
Some walkers get so heated that decide cooling in the stream ... Poor naive! From there to get to the bottom of the gorge lack enough ... And then you have to climb!
Now, a walk along a flat terrain, amid claims of forest vegetation.
And we got to the beach of the "Rock single"
And ... ... ah ... ah ... the ... way ... ah ... the ... back ... ahhhh!
zigzag Do you see that yonder? It is the wooden walkway that begins the descent.
On the way back we crossed a lot of singing streams ...
... and lots of ferns of different species.
The photo was like ass, but I wanted to show that every so often displayed in the bush "Tables rescue ", for if one thinks of fracture.
Back in the "plain?, We returned to put all the clothes we had been taking, and we sat down for lunch to regain your strength.
some answers now from the standpoint of calories, heading towards the city of Treinta y Tres, but that's another story. It goes with us the memory of a beautiful landscape, and muscle pains that will not soon forget this adventure.
not miss the next episode!
* Obviously a lie, but say style
** The name of the department, however absurd it seems, here the departments in which the country is divided not numbered; this curious name / number refers to the "33 orientales", stars of the liberation campaign of 1825
*** No, not a clash between mountains (Quack!)
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