Friday 26th January. Is it really still January? Today marked a new phase of our travels. We went and picked up our 4x4 and drove out of Santiago via the mountain route to Los Andes. Good to get used to the car before the big climb. After Santiago Los Andes was more of a frontier town.

At the top of the pass we found this cross. Those are Andean Condors hanging out for their next meal. Luckily they are scavengers so we were safe 

Look - our hotel 

Enjoying a dip to cool off