Porterillos
This is a small village on Route 7 from Mendoza to the Chilean border and Santiago. Route 7 also goes past Aconcagua – the largest peak outside of the Himalaya range and just under 7000 meters in height (this is more than DOUBLE the height of the top of the Drakensberg range in South Africa!) We stayed in a little Cabana in the Porterillo area and managed to get our first flat tire of the journey. From there we travelled South along the Andes range and enjoyed some stunning high plateau country side with groups of grazing cattle / horses and snow capped peaks in the background. Porterillos is n klein dorpie op Route 7 tussen Mendoza en die Chile grens. Hierdie roete gaan ook naby Aconcagua – die grootste piek buite die Himalayas reeks (net onder 7000m hoog). Hierdie piek is meer as dubbel die hoogte van die hoogste berg in Darkensberge!!! Na een aand in n klein cabana naby Porterillos het ons Suid gery langs die Andes berg reeks. Ons het deur a pragtige plateau gebied gery met groepies beeste / perde wat wei en sneeu bedekte pieke in die agtergrond.
