Our stay ended (and shortened ...) on the island of Chiloé, so we left Valparaiso to 1200 km north via the Pan-American (road that ends just on the island of Chiloé), good old highway perfect and straight. We're not necessarily attracted by the rising Chilean (our stopover in Pucon, Chile invaded by tourists, is semi scary ...). Only the volcano Laina gives a little spice to our trip ... The Cordillera of the Andes is relatively "young", there are numerous active volcanoes in the mountains.
We therefore decided to bifurcate 
Argentine side (and still crossing the frontier). We then find beautiful landscapes desert steppe, dominated by volcanic peaks. This part of Route 40 is very quiet with these wild landscapes that we were missing in Chile. And we feel very decidedly in Argentina: each "return" in this country is a bit like coming home. The kindness of the Argentines, their spontaneity (and their bloody meat) are really nice.
Argentine side (and still crossing the frontier). We then find beautiful landscapes desert steppe, dominated by volcanic peaks. This part of Route 40 is very quiet with these wild landscapes that we were missing in Chile. And we feel very decidedly in Argentina: each "return" in this country is a bit like coming home. The kindness of the Argentines, their spontaneity (and their bloody meat) are really nice. We pass quickly in the Mendoza region (we will stay there 15 days with Alex's parents at the end of the month), just long enough to see huge fields of vines, olives, peaches , plane trees ... " La Tierra de Sol y Buen Vino ," an air of St. Pantaleon in Argentina, it's nice ...
We start crossing the Andes destination Valparaiso. This is our first "real" high mountain road, and a real test before Bolivia. The border with Chile is over 3000 meters. The rise, with a radiator a bit tired (and now fixed), is going well despite a few pauses to let the engine cool ...
We now understand why the Argentines are the Bariloche region if "exotic", all this is really part of the Andes very dry. " 7 Years in Tibet" was filmed here ...
We stop overnight at the foot of Cerro Aconcagua, the "Roof of the Americas, the highest mountain in the world outside
the Himalayas, culminating still at 6962 meters. We turn next to the border with an ultra-strict sanitary control of Chile ... All borders (and we did), it is unbelievable, the motorhome is raked thoroughly. It almost felt like dealers I know not what they used illegal ... so do not look as oranges and a piece of cheese!
These 2 hours lost will not make us forget the beautiful scenery of this beautiful road we remake a week later in the other direction ...
We start crossing the Andes destination Valparaiso. This is our first "real" high mountain road, and a real test before Bolivia. The border with Chile is over 3000 meters. The rise, with a radiator a bit tired (and now fixed), is going well despite a few pauses to let the engine cool ...
We now understand why the Argentines are the Bariloche region if "exotic", all this is really part of the Andes very dry. " 7 Years in Tibet" was filmed here ...
We stop overnight at the foot of Cerro Aconcagua, the "Roof of the Americas, the highest mountain in the world outside
the Himalayas, culminating still at 6962 meters. We turn next to the border with an ultra-strict sanitary control of Chile ... All borders (and we did), it is unbelievable, the motorhome is raked thoroughly. It almost felt like dealers I know not what they used illegal ... so do not look as oranges and a piece of cheese! These 2 hours lost will not make us forget the beautiful scenery of this beautiful road we remake a week later in the other direction ...
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