End of the Road

Mas problemas with the car. While on our way to the extremely remote Cuevas de los Manos in Argentina we realised the car was making some pretty bad noises. We turned around giving up on the caves in favour of getting back across the border to Chile and not breaking down in the absolute middle of nowhere.

After driving through some of the most remote landscapes in Chile and Argentina for three days straight I can't help but think we were fairly lucky to break down in the little town where we were headed, 2mins walk from a campsite and two different mechanics.

The first mechanic didn't even want to touch the car telling us it was only good for the scrapyard. The second mechanic said to fix it, it would be basically more than half the car was worth. So unfortunately it was time to say goodbye to the car.

Trying to sell a car that's pretty wrecked in a tiny isolated little town in Patagonia seemed like a bit of a daunting process. However, luckily enough for us the second mechanic Bruno liked to collect old bangers (he certainly had enough sitting around his yard) and we managed to agree on a pretty good price.

We've certainly had our fair share of problems with the car, but neither of us regret buying it for a second. Whether surfing the huge coastline of Chile or navigating the vast expanse of Patagonia, the car has taken us to some incredible places along the way that a lot of travellers just don't get to see (including plenty of mechanics and regristro civils!!:-).

So while we're both a bit gutted not to be finishing our trip in the way we wanted. Maybe it's not such a bad thing, because it looks like we may be able to go somewhere else instead that we never thought we'd get to on this trip...