From Dakar Dunes to Engineering Excellence
Tall sand dunes for Dakar adventurers, and creative engineering discovered in the mining history of Chilecito and a newly opened road near Ischigualasto.
Tall sand dunes for Dakar adventurers, and creative engineering discovered in the mining history of Chilecito and a newly opened road near Ischigualasto.
Colourful and snow capped mountains, a narrow gorge, a wide plateau, wildlife – the sceney along Ruta 60 towards Paso San Francisco is incredible!
We take a detour and discover a scenic mountain road through rainforest, the orange tree lined streets of Tucuman, Pachamama museum and some Inca ruins.
Salta in North-West Argentina is a popular destination. We recommend driving these 3 scenic routes to explore the region and its impressive landscapes.
Driving Paso de Jama from Chile to Argentina: our second time, but this trip we took more time to enjoy and photograph the breathtaking mountain scenery.
Chile’s North is a popular tourist destination – so much to see around San Pedro de Atacama: Chile’s largest Salar and old adobe towns in stunning scenery.
Travelling overland we sometimes come close to disaster: the north of Chile was hit by 7 years of rain in 12 hours – we witnessed the result in Atacama.
We were stuck, due to floods, around La Serena and Valle de Elqui in Northern Chile. Yet it’s such a beautiful region with friendly people – we loved it!
Back to Chile, finish with Santiago, then on to new adventures. We found mountains and dry riverbeds and evidence everywhere of Chile’s long drought.
Uspallata was our last stop in Argentina and it didn’t disappoint. A lake – Embalse Potrerillos, and mountains – 7 colored mountains and Aconagua and more.
Mountains in vibrant colours, rivers narrow and deep or wide and shallow. In this part of Argentina the scenery continually changes, as we enter Mendoza.
Still in Argentina – magnificent rivers (Aluminé & Agrio), beautiful lakes, awesome cloud formations and the majestic Araucaria (Monkey Puzzle) trees.
Part 1 of our return to Argentina. We were impressed by the scenery of the lakes district and Rio Alumine, and the friendliness of the Argentinean people.
Living and working in Santiago was great but being on the road is better. Here I compare and contrast 10 months in the city with 2 months ‘on the road’.