Traveling from Uruguay to Argentina I couldn't pass the opportunity to visit the Andes. So i traveled to Mendoza for a two day break to indulge in two of my favorite things, mountains ( I you'd to teach outdoor education before farming) and wine (mostly school kids!).
The Andes where spectacular to say the least, we traveled to 3,100m ,above sea level on the road to Chile stopping at the boarder before the tunnel through the mountain. This pass has been used since the late 1800 and in 1910 the first narrow gauge railway was put in which only stopped in the 70's when Argentina and Chile built the existing road and trucks took over the transport. Looking at the rail line, I'd take the road any day.
The Andes have always been a place of recreation and there are ski resorts and thermal springs along the road, which are closed this season because there was no snow. Normally there would be 1m of snow on the mountains but due to the La Nina weather patten it's been very dry, all of the rain has been in the east coast of Australia instead.
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