Showing posts with label Paraguay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paraguay. Show all posts
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Itaipu dam
Today we visited the 2nd biggest dam, which is also one of the 7 engineering wonders. It is a neutral area between Brazil and Paraguay.
Each of the 20 forced ducts leads to a 700MW generator (these white thingies...). Each one has a permanent debit corresponding to half the Iguacu falls... The guide claimed that his dam will remain the most powerful of all because the flow rate of the river Yang Tse (Yannick, please correct me if Im wrong...).
The reservoir is fairly small, (190x7 kms), but because of the important flowrate, it can be filled in 90 days, or 14 in rainy season...
Artist view of the reservoir...
One of the three spill channel... In the rainy season, the three are open, which corresponds - to use your favorite unit - 40 times the average Iguacu falls flowrate.
Tomorrow we'll be on the argentine side.
PS : Yesterday, I forgot to mention something funny : entering the park, Gustav started taking a couple of useless pictures. Once on the boat's engine started - or maybe 5 minutes after, I dont want to be rude - Gustav's camera ran out of battery... Indeed, we saw the falls for the very first time way after that...
Each of the 20 forced ducts leads to a 700MW generator (these white thingies...). Each one has a permanent debit corresponding to half the Iguacu falls... The guide claimed that his dam will remain the most powerful of all because the flow rate of the river Yang Tse (Yannick, please correct me if Im wrong...).
The reservoir is fairly small, (190x7 kms), but because of the important flowrate, it can be filled in 90 days, or 14 in rainy season...
Artist view of the reservoir...
One of the three spill channel... In the rainy season, the three are open, which corresponds - to use your favorite unit - 40 times the average Iguacu falls flowrate.Tomorrow we'll be on the argentine side.
PS : Yesterday, I forgot to mention something funny : entering the park, Gustav started taking a couple of useless pictures. Once on the boat's engine started - or maybe 5 minutes after, I dont want to be rude - Gustav's camera ran out of battery... Indeed, we saw the falls for the very first time way after that...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Asuncion
Soo... we are now in Asuncion, where we should stay a couple days. (until this weekend, probably, guess why...). That was the easiest border crossing so far...
I really tried... but the picture upload wont work. Maybe tomorrow...
Even with the 20 points malus given to Yannick (Helene is in not in Malta, Sophie is...), I think he is first this time... Now I have to go to the postoffice...
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