Argentina - again!
As usual, it was a 6.30 start again this morning. The latest incarnation of car #7 had a heavy load of 5 passengers and a ton of luggage, but what a jolly crew we were.
The border formalities were very swift and, on the Argentinean side, the was a very welcome log fire - it was freezing. The open cars occupants were bundled up in sheepskin and other varieties of fur and many, many layers, but still they were cold. The Argentinean immigration official was totally charming and, in perfect English, he told me that he would love to visit our country one day. He thought we had reached the zenith in music, literature and cars. He told me he was not going to talk about the politics of his country!
We have been travelling through the Argentinean Lake District - not quite like the Lake District in GB; fewer sheep for a start and more volcanoes. All beautiful and there were lots of 'oohs' and 'wows' and 'look at that's' from car #7.
Our home for the night is the spectacular LLao LLao (pronounced chow chow ) in Baralochie. Its setting is spectacular, lakes, mountains, volcanoes, snow, a squill ion trees in every direction. It's a bit Banff Springs and a bit Swiss mountain resort; gorgeous. Scotty told us that the rest of the rally was cancelled and we were just going to have to stay here for the next 10 days! What a terrible hardship that would be....
Worrying news of Chris and Mark's Model A: the cylinder head gasket has gone. They have Fritz and Lang's spare but are not in yet. We are not sure if they have been able to repair it on the side of the road or if they are being towed in to repair it here. We are feeling very sad about this. They generously gave us their spare when we needed to replace ours in Brazil. We ordered two spares, along with some other parts, to be Fedexed to Cusco, but they never arrived. Hopefully, they are on their way under their own steam and all is well.
Roger, the Clerk of the course, had an accident yesterday, fortunately there were no injuries. One of the organisation Land Rover's has something badly wrong too. All other cars seem to be o.k. The Metcedes' belonging to our Swiss and German friends are proving to be completely bomb proof and go like rockets, as you would expect. It's just a pity that Jorge had to drop out in Bolivia. Fritz and Lang's Model A is equally bomb proof, just not so fast. Those guys just roll up, in good time, every night never having had any problems. I had a ride in Max and James' Giant Vauxhall yesterday, I can report that it is built like a tank and just as indomitable as its owner - ! The Bentley's are purring and all others are hanging in. I would just be happy to see Chris and Mark get here now.
The border formalities were very swift and, on the Argentinean side, the was a very welcome log fire - it was freezing. The open cars occupants were bundled up in sheepskin and other varieties of fur and many, many layers, but still they were cold. The Argentinean immigration official was totally charming and, in perfect English, he told me that he would love to visit our country one day. He thought we had reached the zenith in music, literature and cars. He told me he was not going to talk about the politics of his country!
We have been travelling through the Argentinean Lake District - not quite like the Lake District in GB; fewer sheep for a start and more volcanoes. All beautiful and there were lots of 'oohs' and 'wows' and 'look at that's' from car #7.
Our home for the night is the spectacular LLao LLao (pronounced chow chow ) in Baralochie. Its setting is spectacular, lakes, mountains, volcanoes, snow, a squill ion trees in every direction. It's a bit Banff Springs and a bit Swiss mountain resort; gorgeous. Scotty told us that the rest of the rally was cancelled and we were just going to have to stay here for the next 10 days! What a terrible hardship that would be....
Worrying news of Chris and Mark's Model A: the cylinder head gasket has gone. They have Fritz and Lang's spare but are not in yet. We are not sure if they have been able to repair it on the side of the road or if they are being towed in to repair it here. We are feeling very sad about this. They generously gave us their spare when we needed to replace ours in Brazil. We ordered two spares, along with some other parts, to be Fedexed to Cusco, but they never arrived. Hopefully, they are on their way under their own steam and all is well.
Roger, the Clerk of the course, had an accident yesterday, fortunately there were no injuries. One of the organisation Land Rover's has something badly wrong too. All other cars seem to be o.k. The Metcedes' belonging to our Swiss and German friends are proving to be completely bomb proof and go like rockets, as you would expect. It's just a pity that Jorge had to drop out in Bolivia. Fritz and Lang's Model A is equally bomb proof, just not so fast. Those guys just roll up, in good time, every night never having had any problems. I had a ride in Max and James' Giant Vauxhall yesterday, I can report that it is built like a tank and just as indomitable as its owner - ! The Bentley's are purring and all others are hanging in. I would just be happy to see Chris and Mark get here now.
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