Salta, Argentina and Border ChileApril 7, 2010Trip to South America, 2010 The Train to the Clouds goes early morning from Salta, Argentina up and over the border of Chile to a large bridge called La Polvorilla. Then a return on the same line, back.
Andes Crossing, Chile and ArgentinaApril 4, 2010Trip to South America, 2010 On Easter Sunday, a bus over the Andes from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. The bus was double decker where we sat above the driver in the front. Beautiful but at time very frightening.
Sewell Mine, ChileApril 3, 2010Trip to South America, 2010 Sewell, a Unesco World site is an old abandoned mining town, with an active mine underneath. First in the day after taking a bus from Santiago and seeing some more earthquake damage on the way was seeing the old town on …
Santiago, ChileApril 1 – 2, 2010Trip to South America, 2010 Santiago, Chilie was a bit, or a lot smoggy, but was one of the reasons for going to South America. The Earthquake had happened not long before and there were getting no tourists and asking people to come so we …
Argentina and ChileMarch 31, 2010Trip to South America, 2010 This was a long but exciting day, leaving the hotel in Bariloche, Argentina before dark, hopping on a bus to take us to a boat, that took us across a lake, to check out of Agentina, to get on a bus …