Argentina to Chile

We'll be back in Argentina in a couple of weeks. From Mendoza, there is a beautiful pass over the Andes into Chile, dropping down into Santiago, which we decided to take. There are comfy buses to travel on through a lot of South America, in this one we had armchairs, just three seats across. It still temporarily broke down though through overheating - a common complaint that we are finding with most of them.
A very relaxed border crossing, with the mountains all around. The only snag was that we couldn't bring a big chunk of cheese into Chile. Simon overcame this by wolfing most of it with crackers at the customs check point; the remaining gnawed edge was picked off by our bus driver out of our rubbish bag, to our amusement and disbelief.

The dramatic, wiggly descent into Chile.  In a month or so there will be skiing in this area

From Santiago, we're heading south to the Lake District, which straddles the Argentine/Chilean Andes, for some walking. before going back into Argentina and off to Buenos Aires.