Crossed out of Argentina without a hitch and then into
the Chile formalities. Got our stamp in the passports and the Aduana
for EC. I then drove EC into the shed for the customs. An Aduana guy
came out and said we could not bring a right hand drive into Chile,
we argued we had and could. He checked our records and sure enough 3
entries and 3 months driving. He was trying to do the right thing
he knew the law but we had a precedent so John said we only needed a
few days going for service at Kaufmann we got a new Aduana with a 4
day visa for EC. The customs took the salami which I did not remember
from before and left over vegies.
EC then got a full
body xray. A big mobile machine that can do semis.
They then came back
on board looking and found another salami in the fridge.
John got a look
inside the xray truck and a photo of EC’s bones.
Finally we left.
Crossed our May
track at Curacautin. Traveled on some back roads trying to find a
camp. A lot of small roads on our map have a gate! Finally a little
track down to the river, John backed down and we camped within 1
meter of the water. A lively stream with at least one raft full of
paddlers came down. A family walked down past us and into the
bushes……
Every crossing is
different!
Crossed our May
track at Curacautin. Traveled on some back roads trying to find a
camp. A lot of small roads on our map have a gate! Finally a little
track down to the river, John backed down and we camped within 1
meter of the water. A lively stream with at least one raft full of
paddlers came down. A family walked down past us and into the
bushes……
161km