El Colorado Ski Resort - Chile - August 2007
(50km from Santiago)

In July-August 2007, we visited South America for our third time.

(59-days - Melbourne - Auckland - Santiago - Buenos Aires (Argentina)  - Iguassu Falls (Argentina and Brazil) - Buenos Aires - Salta -
Atacama Desert (Argentina and Chile) - Santiago - Quito (Ecuador) - Galapagos Islands - Quito - Bogata (Colombia) - Cartagena (Colombia)  -
Bogata - Caracas (Venezuela) - Angel Falls (Venezuela) - Caracas - Santiago - Auckland - Melbourne)

We met Ben and Crystal  at Iguassu Falls in Brazil.
They had been travelling the world for a long time and they travelled here from northern Brazil.

We travelled with them back into Argentina. We flew to Buenos Aires and then to Salta in northern Argentina.
We toured the Atacama Desert near here and in Chile.  We flew to Santiago and went to nearby El Colorado Ski Resort for a few days.  

Ben had arranged 3 nights in an apartment at the ski resort.

  We had a break from travelling and a good look around over the 3 days while Ben and Crystal
 had a great time honing their snowboarding skills.

After travelling with Ben and Crystal for 17 days we said goodbye to them here
 and we went back down the mountain to Santiago.