November 23, 2018 – November 24, 2018
The highway to the border of Argentina was in great shape. We sped along through small towns and fields of grape vines, slowly gaining elevation. Then the switchbacks began. Traffic slowed as we followed semi trailers up the numbered switchbacks, about 29 of them in total.
August 12, 2018 – August 15, 2018
We started mid afternoon on a 296 kilometre drive that Google Maps estimated would take us 6 hours and 41 minutes. We knew we would not make it all the way, but we wanted to get some kilometres under our belts. The maps showed the road as a main highway in Peru, so while we knew it would be slow going in the mountains, we were not concerned with road conditions. What we ended up on was one of the most beautiful drives of our trip so far, but also one of the most stressful.