Saturday came and we actually had an early start to the day, as we were booked on an 8am bus from Santiago to Mendoza. The bus trip takes 6-7 hours, however that is if the border crossing gose smoothly. The border crossing actually took around 3 hours. We arrived in Mendoza around the 5pm mark. The bus trip was cheap (around 13 pounds each) and very comfortable. It was a normal size bus but only enough seats for 40 people instead of the normal 52. The seats recli...

Hi once again to everyone, Well am now in Chile, and have just spent the last two days in Santiago. James and I have been discussing our preparition for our climb which is soon to start. This came about after having a rather big night at a night club in Santiago last night with some of the other people from the hostel. Initially we were having a quiet one and were just about to go to bed when someone asked us if we wanted to go out. Unfortunately the word ´...