The town of Jachal
The town of Jachal is 45 km away from Pismanta. We had to go there on Monday to buy a new tire before driving back Tuesday to Chile. There was a wonderful man there who helped us. He owned his own used tire shop, but unfortunately didn’t have the tire we needed. So he went to the local used tire shops, didn’t find one there so he ended up finding us a new tire, and then drove Steve and I in his car to go pick it up. It was definitely an experience. There were no road signs or stop lights in town and he would just honk his horn when he was close to an intersection. There was no right of way, but surprisingly it worked. In the end for all his help he only charged us 5 pesos (which isn’t even $2). He basically spent half of his day helping us. Even though it was somewhat of a headache to go through, I’m really happy that we did. We got to see a part of Argentina that we would never have seen, and we got to meet some truly wonderful people.
Pictures from the drive to and from Jachal
Comment by Ralf Schumacher
That really throws a spanner in the works when you get a flat like that. Was it due to the banking?
Posted on April 11, 2006 at 5:21 pm