We are now in Chili after crossing the Andes a few days ago. The pass over was very beautiful, with lots of snow but luckily the road was cleared and the traffic was flowing nicely. We were very surprised and exited to see the greenery on this side after days of brown pampas. And the weather is a little bit warmer! We get around 10 degrees in the car in the morning! We are visiting the lakes and volcanoes region in the south east. Very pretty! Yesterday we drove to the West side, to see the beach! Here it is all volcanic country so the sand is black but the water very clear. Too cold for a swim....