Two days of well earned R & R and my back was prepared for another stint on a tour bus. This time it's the Alta Montañas bordering Chile, the highlight being Aconcagua the highest mountain in the region at over 6900m.
7am and i'm rudely awakened by the hostel worker, maybe i shouldn't have gone to the casino last night (-200). Quick coffee, a medialuna and a fag and all's right with the world and off i set. Minibus has an English family, couple of Aussies and 4 Argentinians. Needless to say the English family were rude, obnoxious and thick, the Aussies seemed as cultured as a well kept pot of Yoghurt and the Argies were quality. Ummm.
First stop some tiny little bridge in the middle of nowhere. Apparently, very significant because the army that liberated Chile from the Spanish marched over it - small army was what came to mind. Then to LOs Penitentes, a ski resort, where all the decent views were clearly going to be from the top, ski-lift - bugger. Not a big fan of these things but survived intact and some other git insisted on taking my picture at the top. Stunning views, incredibly clear day and not too hot, mainly becaause at this point we had already climbed to 2900m.
The highlight came next. Aconcagua. Bus stops, we get out, guide insists on taking pictures of all of us with this behemoth behind us. Normally this would make sense but when there's a cloud blocking it's view - there ain't much point - deleted it.
However, did take a picture of the sign. What is it with people that they have to be in every picture in front of every landmark to prove they've actually been there?
Next stop Los incas - the next blog
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