Aerial View - Andes

It is on 122 miles from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. The flight goes directly over the Andes - here is a glacier not too far below us.

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Day 4 - Argentina - Mendoza

May 2nd 2006
Leaving Santiago The wake-up call came at 5:30AM and we were on the road at 6:50AM. An easy and quick drive to SCL. OK, the older gentleman filling up his car s l o w l y at the Shell station at the airport was a bit tiring. Avis was, as usual, extremely efficient. We used up all our Chilean pesos and put the balance on AMEX. Good to use up the local currency. LAN Chile has the ... read more

South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza

Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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