A very long, narrow country ...........
March 9th 2011 There were spectacular mountain views as we crossed the Andes. At first, the ascent was gradual but it became much steeper as we approached the final 4 km tunnel into Chile. From there, an extended series of hairpin bends descended into this very long (4,600 km) narrow country, penned in between the mountains and the Pacific. Our Trans-Andean bus had broken down a couple of times, so it was approa
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