Santiago to Mendoza to San Juan

Yes it has happened Ruth got robbed , she lost her bag and a little Chilean money and it could have been a lot worse
We were at a Starbucks Cafe just having a coffee when this couple came over and asked about the Internet and while we were helping the women the guy got behind Ruth and then the rest is History . Lucky Ruth had all her stuff on the table and not in the bag , like IPhone , IPad , wallet etc .

Anyway back to the trip

We got away from Santiago and over the Andies ( got up to 3,200 mts above sea level ) went through our first border crossing with no problems  and on to Mendoza . What a beautiful ride it was fantastic the beautiful mountain's and all  the colours out standing .
We had 2 nights in Mendoza , its quite a nice city with lots of trees , cars and people . We run into a guy who was tired up the Otago rugby Club (an Argie) he spends 3 mts  a year in NZ .

Today it was to San Juan (160kms )  just one straight  road the whole way which is pretty much what I expected and tomorrow we are on to La Roija

The weather has been great nice clear days of around 25c

Just entering the Andies

A bit of a Truck jam

The Top quite cold and hot when we got to the bottom

Down the other side

drink stop

Mendoza