Argentina Alive (Aguirre) Mendoza

Aguirre 31, Mendoza , Province of Mendoza, Cuyo, Argentina

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  • 1

    Bed bug nightmares, Part II

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    ... and scary view of the switchbacks below as we climbed up to Paso Libertadores where the boarder was between Chile and Argentina. The views were naturally spectacular and we passed what looked like remains of glaciers creeping down the mountain, gushing ...

  • 2

    Mendoza - Day 3-5

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    ... chairs from the numerous cafe's and bars. Day 4 - 10/01/09 Spend most of the morning sat outside a café on Mendoza's main drag, eating, drinking and people watching. Mendoza's a fantastic place to just sit around and do nothing and that's exactly ...

  • 3

    How Mendoza was meant to be experienced

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    After our horrible first few days in Mendoza where we were both almost got eaten alive by bed bugs, got kicked out of our hostel for complaining about it and had unfortunate last minute mix up's to our wine country reservations, we need to reset and ...

  • 4

    Making up for lost time

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    ... the salt flats, then mountains, then weird rock formations and colors, then super lush green hills.  Was strange returning to Argentina.  I forgot how cheap it was here compared to Chile!  Its great!  An old friend from when I ...

  • 5

    Aconcagua Trip

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    ... different flights. They didn't fall off the mountain or succumb to readily available, highly drinkable and dirt-cheap wine of Mendoza, Argentina. The mountain is in the bleakest of bleak places. It's so bleak that it's beautiful. We started our 3 ...

  • 6

    wine me, dine me... sleep in dorm bed

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    ... of lanes, running red lights and speeding along like we had to be somewhere fast. Thankfully we made it alive! Our hostel was in the bar area of Mendoza which consisted of clubs, bars and cafes lining the street.  The cafes spilled into the sidewalk ...

  • 7

    13/06/05 - 18/06/05

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    ... so that you become so disorientated that you don´t know where the ground is anymore! It was then my final night in Argentina! It is an absolutely fantastic country, probably the best place I´ve ever been to. The people are so friendly, the men ...

  • 8

    Hola from Mendoza

    ... in Argentina.  Both of which are true, by the way.  Sara and I have just arrived in Mendoza, a very famous wine region in Argentina.  We spent the last week exploring Buenos Aires and took a short trip to Puerto Iguazu ...

  • 9

    Bikes, wines and sandwiches

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    ... actually only crazy for Jill) we went on a bikes and wines tour of the vineyards surrounding Mendoza.  Mendoza is famous for its wines and produces 70% of Argentina's wines so we thought it would be worth a look. However, the prospect of bikes was a ...

  • 10

    Do you speak english?

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    ... ;      So after waving goodbye to my momma we hoped on the 15 hour bus ride to Mendoza, wine country. We got to experience Argentina's late dinner time when we were dead asleep and  got woken up by everyone on the ...