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I wish all book friends a happy New Year, a happy family, good health and all the best!

It is now the rainy season in South America, so the water level of the Parana River rises very quickly. Therefore, during the rainy season, it is not enough to just point to the main dam to release flood power. The flood discharge gate must also be opened according to the changes in water level.

This 386-meter-long flood drainage gate should be called "overflow dam", which refers to a dam that can discharge floods at the top of the dam, also known as a rolling dam.

Overflow dams are divided into three types according to the overflow form, namely the overflow of the dam top, the overflow of the dam surface and the overflow of the large orifice. The overflow dam of the Itep Hydropower Station is the overflow dam surface of the large orifice dam surface.

This kind of overflow dam with special flood discharge gates can adjust the reservoir water storage level and drainage flow. It is usually used downstream of reservoirs with relatively large reservoir capacity. During the flood season, the reservoir capacity of the reservoir can be actively adjusted to ensure the safety of the reservoir.

This overflow dam has fourteen huge flood discharge gates with a width of twenty meters. When the flood discharge gate is completely opened, the formation is only spectacular, and it is not enough to describe the 100,000 horses galloping.

Although the flood discharge gate was not completely opened at this time, the flood pouring out of the gate still made a loud thunderous sound. Then, after the water flowed through the 420-meter-long flood discharge ramp below the gate, it caused dozens of meters of water to splash at the bottom of the ramp!

The mist in the sky enveloped the space of hundreds of meters around. When tourists stood beside them, their bodies would be wet with the mist.

Yang Jing and the others have seen flood discharges from hydropower stations on TV or movies before, but where is the shocking feeling of being immersive when seeing that kind of scenery on the screen?

Anyway, Yang Jing and Princess were already stunned.

Without standing by the flood discharge gate, you will not be able to experience the shock that can shake people's souls out!

The flood discharge time is very long, so tourists cannot stand here and watch the dam discharge. So after enjoying the extremely shocking scenery for a while, the bus continued to move forward. However, this time the bus no longer continued to walk towards Paraguay, but turned around at the top of the dam and went directly to the top of the main dam.

Only by standing on the top of the main dam that is 196 meters high can you feel the grandeur of this artificial building.

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

So on the top of this dam, there is a reservoir with rippling water on one side that cannot be seen at first sight, and on the other side is a tall dam body like a cliff, which feels extremely shocking.

If it weren't for seeing it with your own eyes, it would be hard to imagine that humans could have built such a majestic building. No wonder after the Itap Hydropower Station was repaired, it was immediately rated as one of the seven man-made miracles in the modern world.

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

I spent nearly two hours playing at the hydropower station until it got darker. The bus was pulled back to the entrance of the hydropower station by the bus.

Not to mention, this trip was really in vain. At least I witnessed the miracle of modern architecture with my own eyes and felt the shock of this dam at close range. This is definitely worth the fare for this trip.

He returned to Dongfang City in the evening, but Yang Jing did not follow Comrade Xiao Wang to Lijiang Baozi Shop for dinner. He set off from Asuncion early this morning and drove for more than 300 kilometers. In the afternoon, he visited the Itap Hydropower Station without stopping. Even Yang Jing, who has always been in good physical strength, felt a little tired.

So after politely rejecting Comrade Xiao Wang's invitation, the group checked into the hotel that they had booked in advance.

Yang Jing and his friends stayed in the best hotel in Dongfang City, Este City Casino Hotel. But even the best hotels, the price makes Yang Jing feel that it is really too cheap.

Because of the best executive suite in this hotel, the room rate for a day is only more than 2,000 yuan...

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

Gambling is legal in Paraguay, so you can often see casinos of all sizes in this country. As the city where the most foreigners of Paraguay gather, and Brazil across the river has always pursued a policy of banning gambling, so the casinos here are everywhere.

Those Brazilians will be spinach here happily after crossing the Parana River.

So, just today after entering Dongfang City, Yang Jing saw more than twenty casinos.

Of course, the casino in the Este City casino hotel they are staying in is naturally one of the top casinos in Oriental City.

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

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

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

Looking at Comrade Xiao Wang's high-interested 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, it is best to be in Argentina. And when you go to Argentina, you can also take a look at the scenery of "Seeing the Three Kingdoms at a glance". Of course, you can also see it in Brazil, but it is not as good as in Argentina."

"Hehe, brother, how to arrange your itinerary today, we all listen to you, it's OK if you see it."

With Yang Jing's words, Comrade Xiao Wang immediately turned into a tour guide. However, there was no need to drive his broken pickup truck. Yang Jing and the others had four cars, and it was completely possible to drive it with Comrade Xiao Wang.

So Xiao Wang ruled Bruno to another car, and he sat in the passenger seat of Yang Jing's car. Of course, this car also became the front car of the convoy.

Less than a kilometer north from the casino hotel, you will return to Qiaotou Market, and then pass the border inspection station and enter Brazil again from Friendship Bridge.

Although Paraguay also borders Argentina, there is no bridge between Paraguay and Argentina near the Oriental City. Therefore, if you want to enter Argentina from Oriental City, you must pass through the city of Fos Du Iguazu in Brazil, and then pass through the Tancredo Neves Bridge on the Iguazu River between Fos Du Iguazu and the Port of Iguazu in Argentina.

After crossing the Friendship Bridge and driving east along Highway 277 for about three kilometers, you will go south and enter Parana Avenue directly, then walk south for four kilometers before turning into the Great Falls Avenue, and finally turn into the Southern Market Avenue, and then pass the border inspection station on that avenue.

Southern Market Avenue is a fully enclosed highway, connecting Brazil and Argentina through the Tancredo Neves Bridge built on the Iguazu River. The border inspection stations at both ends of the highway are the import and exit of this closed highway.

After passing the border inspection station on the Argentina side, the convoy began to wander around the city under the command of Comrade Xiao Wang, because the border inspection station is in the eastern suburbs of Port Iguazu, and the famous "Seeing the Three Kingdoms at a glance" viewing platform is in the northwest corner of the city, and they need to cross the entire Port Iguazu.

However, the city appearance of Port Iguazu is obviously much better than that of the city of Foss Du Iguazu in Brazil to the north and the Oriental city of Paraguagua to the west. This city is not that noisy, but more of a tranquility.

Even if you can see teams of tourists from time to time, this city gives people a more calm feeling.

After more than ten minutes, the convoy arrived at the Iguazu Avenue on the south bank of the Iguazu River. This avenue is the famous sightseeing avenue in Port Iguazu. To the east of the avenue is the wharf of Port Iguazu, and at the west end is the sightseeing square of "seeing the Three Kingdoms at a glance".

There are many colorful paintings on both sides of the entire Iguazu Avenue, which are painted with portraits of famous Argentina characters, as well as some local legends and stories.

On the side of the avenue close to the viewing square, Yang Jing and the others found a very interesting sculpture. The sculpture is a white marble human-shaped sculpture pushing a yellow trolley with blue paving rolls on it. Behind the sculpture, a cement wall is erected, and red lines are drawn clearly that are routes within Argentina.

The sculpture aroused the curiosity of Yang Jing and Gege. The two of them stopped the car and got out of the car to watch the sculpture.

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

"Brother Yang, sister-in-law, this sculpture is the famous 'Basque trolley' sculpture and the route that Larrenny Ugat pushed the trolley and walked on foot."

"Basque trolley? Walking? What does this mean?" asked in confusion.

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 owner of this sculpture is Guillermo Isidoro Larreni Ugat. He was born in Pamplona, ​​Spain on November 27, 1885. In 1900, at the age of 15, he went to Buenos Aires. He was a sailor at first, and later went to Patagonia, Argentina to live. In 1935, he made a bet with his friends, which changed his life and made him a strange and legendary figure in Argentina. His bet was about pushing a wheelbarrow.

Hiking. On March 25, 1935, he used a hand-pushed wheelbarrow to fill 130 kilograms of travel supplies, mainly including folding beds, mattresses and bedspreads, as well as kitchen utensils, heaters and other tools to use during the trip. He began to push the wheel on his first hike, starting near the small town of Luis Pidra Buena, Santa Cruz, Argentina, and arrived in the capital Buenos Aires fourteen months later. After arriving in Buenos Aires, his reputation rose, thus increasing the reputation of the Basque and Navarre immigrants in Argentina."

"Larreni Ugat conducted four hand-pushed unicycle hikes in his life. The second was from 1936 to 1938, from Colonel Pringras in Buenos Aires to La Paz, Bolivia. The third was from Villa Maria, Córdoba to Santiago, the capital of Chile in 1943. The last hand-pushed unicycle hike was from Trenke Rauquet in Buenos Aires to Iguazu National Park, which ended in 1949. Puerto Iguazu was the last place of residence of Laarreni Ugat, who died on June 9, 1964 in Puerto Iguazu."

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

The owner of this inconspicuous sculpture actually had such a feat. Ugath is definitely a hero!
Chapter completed!