San Augustin to Alota
Leaving San Augustin we had to ford a number of streams. I finaly managed to get a photo of Sarah getting her feet wet in the icy water.A couple of k´s up the road there were ostriches running around close to the road.
Climbing over the pass towards Alota, a very small town hidden in the badlands and our last chance to buy supplies before the national park area (Eduardo Avaroa).Sarah is sat opening a tin of Vicuña meat which had replaced jam as our favorite cracker topping.
At this point of the trip only one vehicle had passed us in 9 days! We stopped and photographed all the rivers and streams as they broke the monotony of the desert and gave us an opportunity to fill our bottles. We were carrying about 16 litres of water and enough crackers for about 4 days.
Small stream beds gave us a break from the wind and provided good campsites.
