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Mendoza Slideshow
Mendoza
Travel Blogs from Mendoza, Argentina
Vino as far as the eye can see
Yesterday we reached the town of Mendoza. Its in the Argentinian wine country and is just gorgeous. Well regardless of all its natural beauty we found ourselves sitting squarely in front of the television being futbol vegetables. I saw America fall on its ...
Grapes and other fruits
... hand moisturiser made of olive oil and orange oil, and a tiny little tester bottle of olive oil for cooking with whilst here in Mendoza. Next day we just wandered around the town and had a great lunch at 'home' which we got almost for free - ...
Abseilling in the Andes
What better way to see the Andes of Mendoza, trekking up then abseilling down. Followed by a relaxing thermal hot ...
Mendoza
... expensive for bus travel. The hostel we stayed in was right in town but wasn't that great, very squishy. Everything here in Argentina is expensive so Dave and I have been relegated to dorm rooms, here we had a nice 8 bed one. Jo and ...
Malbecha
... I couldn't finish mine. Add a nice salad bar for $3, and a really nice Malbec for $15 and dining in Argentina rocks. Plus, the parade went by our outside table, and the girls throw stuff to the crowd (including melons!). We ...
From Chauffer to Bicycle
... during this trip, like the five centavo piece in Chile worth 0.06p or the slightly more valuable five centavo coin in Argentina worth a staggering 0.8p. But let me reassure you that these, along with their fellow coins, are very valuable indeed because ...
Mendoza, Argentina
We left San Martin to head for Mendoza in Central Argentina which is in total 17.5 hours on the bus. The first leg was to Neuquen which was 6.5 hours away. On the way we saw Volcano Lanin which stands at 3776m (that´s for you ...
Rando au pied de l'Aconcagua
... 17h15. Là, j'ai abordé deux femmes d'une soixantaine d'année qui partaient en voiture, et par chance, elles allaient à Mendoza, ma prochaine destination. Elles étaient d'accord pour m'embarquer. Elles ont même fait un arrêt 3 kilomètres plus bas, ...
72 hours in the care of 7 Argentinian law students
... digestion), but I had never tried it. Until now. I don't even know whether in Italy you can still find it, but apparently in Argentina it's the fashion. Fernet doesn't taste great, but if you mix it with coke, it's not too bad. Plus, it's a social ...
sky as far as the eye can see
... an adventure). Rio was surfing, Iguazu was canopy ropes and rock climbing, Cordoba was horseback riding with the cool machete men, Mendoza was the parasailing... and the day after tomorrow (as a cumination of our adventure) will be to go skiing in ...