Bienvenido a Chile, Under and Over The Andes (a flashback)
This is a scanned copy of a Kodachrome color slide that I made in December 1978. Shelley and I were on our way to Santiago from Asuncion. It was our summer break and we had planned to visit our Chilean friends Pablo and Pili. We also were going to rendezvous with friends and fellow ASA teachers Liza and Bruce to then travel together to southern Chile and Argentina. To save money, we took the overland route — traveling by bus from Asuncion to Cordoba in Argentina where we stopped for a few days, and then on to Mendoza on the east slope of the Andes. On our way over the Andes from Mendoza to Santiago, the bus we were in broke down. Most of the passengers decided to walk back to Mendoza. We decided to hitch hike on to Chile. Fortunately, we were picked up by a couple of Argentine doctors who were commuting to a part-time job in Santiago. I made this image as we were passing through a combination railroad and car tunnel under the mountainous border and into Chile.
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