Itaipu Dam - Brazil
- 2004
In April-May 2004 we had our third around-the-world trip. In 54 days we travelled to Auckland, Tahiti, Easter Island,
Santiago, Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Sillustani, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Cusco, Sacsayhuman, Tambomachay, Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes,
Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Posada Amazonas, Ica, Nazca, Paracas, Ballestas Islands, Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, Itaipu Dam,
Rio de Janeiro, London, St. Petersburg and Singapore.
After 3 weeks in Peru and almost a week in Buenos Aires we flew to Iguassu Falls on the Argentina - Brazil border.
We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel in the National Park on the Argentine side of the falls.
We went on a day trip over the border into Brazil.
We visited the Brazil side of the falls, the town of Foz do Iguaçu and the Itaipu Dam.
Itaipu Dam is massive - 170 X 60 km, and it supplies the largest hydro electric plant in the world.
This joint project between Brazil and Paraguay supplies 25% of the energy used in Brazil.
It generates 60% of the electricity generated in Brazil and 80% of that used in Paraguay.
The total length of the dam wall is 7760 metres.
The rate of construction was the equivalent of building a 20 storey building every 55 minutes.
The spillways can handle a flow 40 times greater than the average of Iguaçu Falls.
The penstocks are 10.5 metres in diameter and 700 cubic metres of water per second pass through them.
The buildings across the bridge over the Paranas River are in the city of Ciudad de L'Este in Paraguay.
Going across the Rio Iguacú from Brazil to Argentina.
Just downstream to the right is Rio Parana which forms the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
After 4 wonderful days at Iguazú Falls we flew out of Foz do Iguaçu to São Paulo and on to Rio de Janeiro.
In April-May 2004 we had our third around-the-world trip. In 54 days we travelled to Auckland, Tahiti, Easter Island,
Santiago, Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Sillustani, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Cusco, Sacsayhuman, Tambomachay, Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes,
Sacred Valley, Ollantaytambo, Posada Amazonas, Ica, Nazca, Paracas, Ballestas Islands, Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, Itaipu Dam,
Rio de Janeiro, London, St. Petersburg and Singapore.
After 3 weeks in Peru and almost a week in Buenos Aires we flew to Iguassu Falls on the Argentina - Brazil border.
We stayed at the Sheraton Hotel in the National Park on the Argentine side of the falls.
We went on a day trip over the border into Brazil.
We visited the Brazil side of the falls, the town of Foz do Iguaçu and the Itaipu Dam.
Itaipu Dam is massive - 170 X 60 km, and it supplies the largest hydro electric plant in the world.
This joint project between Brazil and Paraguay supplies 25% of the energy used in Brazil.
It generates 60% of the electricity generated in Brazil and 80% of that used in Paraguay.
The total length of the dam wall is 7760 metres.
The rate of construction was the equivalent of building a 20 storey building every 55 minutes.
The spillways can handle a flow 40 times greater than the average of Iguaçu Falls.
The penstocks are 10.5 metres in diameter and 700 cubic metres of water per second pass through them.
The buildings across the bridge over the Paranas River are in the city of Ciudad de L'Este in Paraguay.
Going across the Rio Iguacú from Brazil to Argentina.
Just downstream to the right is Rio Parana which forms the border between Brazil and Paraguay.
After 4 wonderful days at Iguazú Falls we flew out of Foz do Iguaçu to São Paulo and on to Rio de Janeiro.
