I've always wanted to go to Argentina and Chile, and knew that this would be a trip of a lifetime. Little did I know how that trip would turn out.
After much panic and stress, we finally heard back from DFAIT that we should stay in Mendoza and that travel to Chile was seriously discouraged. Searching news on the internet I found a CBC story that mentions the road through the Andes had landslides and one tunnel was closed. (Whether this is the road we were to take, who knows.)
It is frustrating not knowing what is really going on, but at least we know that we aren't moving onward. Now we wait to hear whether we can get a flight out of Mendoza home, hopefully sooner than later.
A journey with uncertainty, we will only know what is going on by the hour. What is worse is that today is Sunday, so everything comes to a hault here. (Now if we were at a resort instead of a crummy hotel, it may not be as bad.) In the meanwhile, we'll try and get some sleep and be thankful that we're safe and alive.
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