Border Patrol

We finally crossed a border in our car, WOOHOO!!! Of course in true South American style, it wasn't as easy as we thought it would be. After finally getting the car registered in my name just over a month ago and getting a special insurance for Argentina, we thought all would be okay.

However, upon entering the customs office on the Argentinian side we learned that Mai (being an Australian citizen) had to pay an entry fee.

Tim and Mai - "Okay, no problem, where do we pay?"
Customs Official - "Oh, you can't pay here, you have to have paid already"
Tim and Mai - "Great! So, what do we do now then?"
Customs official - "Well, you can pay online. I'd ask at passport control if you could use their internet, but they're having lunch, so it just wouldn't be right! I think you'll have to go back to the Chillean customs and ask them"
Tim and Mai - "Right, okay, great!"
Customs Official - "Just before you go, I'll show you the website on my computer"
Tim and Mai - "Oh, you have internet? Can we not do it on your computer?"
Customs Official - "Well, I'm not really supposed to and also, I've tried before and the computer crashes when you go through to the payment page, so you'll really have to go back to Chile I'm afraid."

The computer looked like it was working just fine to me!! So back we went to Chile where, the really nice man and lady basically did the payment (to get into Argentina!!!) for us.

Besides that little hiccup, as border crossings go, it was actually a pretty nice drive through some amazing mountain scenery and right past Volcan Lanin.