Over the Andes...Chile here we come!

Yesterday we left Mendoza taking the bus over the Andes to Santiago, Chile.  We boarded our bus at 10:30 a.m.  Marlene and I got great seats.  This is a double decker bus and we had the two seats right at the front.  Semi cama, which is half bed.  Comfy!  What a way to travel the 8 hours it took to get there.

All aboard!

Great seats!

You can just see the top of the Andes above the clouds as we head out down the highway.  The clouds cleared and we had clear blue skies all the way.

Amazing colours in the earth.

Two hours to clear the border.  Chile is very strict on not bringing any meat, dairy, fruit, seeds, earth, plants, animals, etc (pretty well anything!) into their country as they have very little disease.

We wind our way down the other side of the Andes.  This switchback was crazy scary.  At times it felt that the front of the bus was hanging over the edge (which it was) and of course we were sitting right at that part!  No  protective barriers!

And at last Santiago.  Huge city!