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Border between chile and argentina in the north
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i'd like to cross the boder from argentina and chile severel times. passo agua negro sanfrancisco and so on. did you have tips for me gasolinstations, nice places and so on it would be nice

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The paso de jamo is a lovely ride. There are no facilities at the Argie border and no fuel til Susques. The road is mainly gravel on the argie side, though tarmac on the chilian. Fill your tank in the last big touristy town on the Chilian side (I forget the name)and carry spare fuel. Altitude is 4,900 mters at the top so you will need extra fuel if you have a carbed bike. There is a hotel with fuel just before Susques. Great views, especially further into Argentina. There is a twisty section of about eight figures of eight that takes you swiftly down several hundred metres. Terrific. Drop me a line if you have questions.
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Hi Marvin,
As Simon says its a fantastic road but I tried to cross it 3 weeks back Arg to Chile in heavy rain and it was a nightmare, I was on a R1100Gs with road tyres fitted the mud which is like clay just blocked the front wheel every 30 metres or so had to stop and remove clay, there are road works just before Susques where theres fuel, then tarmac for about 80km then back onto the mud for a mountain pass thats is about 4200 metres for about 40 km and then tarmac again, if its dry you should have no problems or if your on a bike with a higher front mudguard it would be better, but it was not just me that got stuck lorries, bus and cars all beaten by the mud.
Hope this helps and as Simon says it really is a fantastic road.
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Hola Chico,s

That touristic town in Ar is San pedro de Atacama.
You can also skip susques and go right at the first junction (after entering Chile)... This brings to to San Antonio de Cordobes via a bad but non-truck road.
Then you follow the railway of the clouds (tren de la nubes) down to Salta. ofcourse no tarmac until you reach salta.

By the way, fuel and a nice hotel (35 peso) in San Antonio de Cordobes. (you need about 300 km worth of fuel when you leave San pedro)

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Yes, do crossings. You will see fantastic scenery and have fun. Cross the Andes as often as you can !
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From San Pedro de Atacama to the border is 160 km, from the border to Susques is 61 km.
The Chilean side is paved.

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