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Cabo de Vela

Taking the chivos home. Photo by Lorraine Caputo
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By Lorraine Caputo

North of the Manaure-Uribia crossroads, the highway continues to parallel the coal railway northward, to the turn-off for Cabo de la Vela and eventually passing the Parque Eólico and ending at Puerto Bolívar. The way is rough; low clearance vehicles will have a difficult time. From the turn-off for Cabo de la Vela, a well-worn track cuts 17 kilometers across the desert to the coastal hamlet. Several arroyos, or creeks, have to be crossed.

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Restaurant Isa

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