Chile - Bolivia 2006
Argentina - Los Andes y Mendoza
After a couple of days in Santiago we decided to go on to Mendoza, Argentina, approx. 7 bus hours, because Manu Chao was supposed to be there and we did not want to miss them. But first we had to cross the Andes...
Beautiful, isn´t it?
I missed a picture of the South American summit Aconcagua (6962 m), but I have this one instead which is not that bad.
Will we make it through the boarder between Chile and Argentina?
Viva Argentina!
Well, I have to say, in this direction no problemo, however the way back is a bit more stressful. The customs in Chile are quite consequent. No food at ALL, so we had to trow some stuff away... Don´t like that.
Still the Andes...
Nothing else but impressive and beautiful mountains
Cannot stop taking pictures of these mountains...
The Andes cover Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia and stop in Ecaduor, so a total length of a couple of thousand kms. Impressive to approach Chile from the sky because it seems to be wedged between huge hills and the pacific ocean. So no big room for flat land.
Mendoza and the concert of Manu Chao
Though Mendoza is a student city of approx. 1 mio. inhabitants there´s nothing much to take a picture of but public gardens (and probably the vinyards we won´t see because of timing). Anyway, beautiful palm trees
Manu Chao
Ever seen? Does not look like on the picture, but it was a quite moving, almost shaking, concert. Am happy, that my poor (bare!) feet survived, though I do not get how. Good ambiance, very nice band
It was almost a concert between us, 400 people, a big family...
I also appreciated the Argentinos, really smpathetic people. Lively, full of energy and temper, nice and respectful.
| Start of journey: | Mar 15, 2006 |
| Duration: | 3 weeks |
| End of journey: | Apr 07, 2006 |
Argentina
Bolivia
