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Malbec & steak... the gaucho lifestyle !

The journey to Mendoza was amazing! Leaving Santiago we worked our way across Chile, which didn't take too long given it's such a narrow country, and before long we were winding our way up into the Andes and over the border to Argentina. The roads twisted round bends as we worked our way up to the peaks and then down through gorges. The scenery was …

Fridge 2 Fridge

We are in wine country now, and what better way to celebrate than to do a wine tasting tour on a bike. On the trip we visited a bunch of wineries and learnt a lot about the wine making process as well as the costs involved and what not. But the most important part was getting heaps of free samples, as well as buying some wine (decent wine was very …

Adventure Week Mendoza Style - One More Time!!!

Will write more soon but have just got back from jumping out of a plane again... 10000 ft above Mendoza, above the clouds, 180kmph hurtling towards the patchwork of vineyards below. AWESOME!!! Sorry parentals I didnt tell you when we spoke yesterday - somethings are better spoke about after the fact! Add to this yesterday was spent cruising down …

Mendoza

At 9 there is banging and a drill. Hotel is doing some repairs. I emerge for breakfast with little sleep. I had planned a trek & camping for the day but canceled to deal with my car. By the end of day, Krista emails that she has saved it. Thanks!!!!! I go to lunch at the best Italian restaurant, Marchgiana. Nice. With 2 glasses of wine and …

Hitch-hiking, Abseiling and Being Pick-Pocketed :(

A 4a.m start took me to the major city of Mendoza, where I stayed in the fab Damajuana hostel with pool & BBQ. I met up again with Reece & a big group of us went out Saturday night to a funky club that got busy at 3a.m....when we left at 8a.m, we beat the taxi queue by hitching! Argentinian nightlife is always v v late, with dinner about …

R and R - repairs and recuperation

The plan was to make a quick pit stop in Mendoza on my way back to the east coast of Argentina. I needed to get my board fixed up after abusing it for most of the season on the barely covered rocks I found at every resort. I didn't want to save it until I got home were it would cost more than four times as much. I was able to get my board patched …

Aconcagua Story

Well, finally we are back in the land of O2 and warmth. The hike was amazing for so many different reasons, and from many different aspects. I can honestly say that this was by far the hardest thing I have ever done, and probably short of doing a higher peak will remain the hardest thing too. Day one we met up with the company we were using, Inka, …

Medoza - Wine Wedding Aniversary And Rugby

Day 233 Monday 20/06/05 Mendoza We arrived in Mendoza and got to our hostel (Wincas) about 8am. They gave us breakfast and we waited around as it was National Flag Day and therefore a bank holiday - aaaaaaghhhhh. We had to get a deposit paid for the Galapagos so we ended up having to spend ages dealing with Western Union on the phone in the UK - …