things to write about (since we haven´t actually written since Buenos Aires, a month ago??)
we left Buenos Aires, took a bus all the way across Argentina to Bariloche, camped illegally after dark on the bank of the lake, then to Neuquen then to Aluminé, two days camping in Aluminé, hitchhiked to Ñorquinco, volunteered for two weeks, built a fence, chopped some wood, went swimming in the glacial lake, baked bread in the woodburning oven. Then Aluminé again, then bus to Neuquén, Nora sick in Neuquén, bus to Mendoza, couchsurfed for five days? six? Sam sick in Mendoza. on to Santiago, overnight bus, 2 am border crossing, then four days in Santiago. stayed with couchsurfers. Sam with a fever. Then Valparaíso for two days in a hostel, the Pacific!, and the adjoining town, Viña del Mar for two days with a couchsurfer. Afterwards an hour north to the hippie beach town Horcón, camped for two days on the nude beach. on our way out Larry Flynt´s lawyer bought us lunch and Julio from Madrid approached us on the street, offered a ride north. Five hours driving. Stayed in a house in Coquimbo on the ocean then onwards to Vicuña and Valle de Elqui. Observatory at night, saw those nebulas and clusters. spent the night camped in Vicuña. and today? headed north. have a date with Machu Picchu in nine days.