It´s official: we are STUCK in Chile. We attempted to leave San Pedro today and sat on a still bus for 3 hours, hoping the highway would open. Apparently there has been heavy snow in the Andes so the pass we need to drive through to get to Salta, Argentina is closed.
Since they don't know if the road will be open tomorrow we are changing plans. We are going to just go south from here (in Chile) since we can´t get to Argentina.
So now we have a 16 hour overnight bus to a colonial beach town, La Serena. Ah the many surprises you encounter while traveling. However now we might have time to squeeze in a 3am observatory tour to stare at the stars...if the weather permits it.
Cross your fingers for us that the highway is clear when we try to pass from Santiago into Argentina...we may have the same trouble again if things don't clear up. We don't quite understand why it´s so difficult to get ourselves to Argentina. So we are just going to enjoy the time we have in Chile. There´s no way out as of right now.
