We thought we´d make the most of the long trip down to Malargue and organised a tour to see the Cave of the Witches - Caverna de las Brujas. Our guide, the Tom Sellek look-alike, was the grandson of the guy who discovered the cave, and was really passionate about it - he even had his wedding there! Unfortunately as is often the case with such o...

Travelling south parallel to the Andes we made our way to San Rafael, another great region for guzzling wine - champagne in fact. The night we arrived there was dancing in the streets, including a little group of OAPs doing the waltz. We stayed up pretty late so the next day we just visited a couple of the champagne wineries on bikes. The day af...

Have been writing my diploma thesis here in San Rafael. Made several trips to places like El Nihuil (nice place for chilling, right next to the lake), Las Leñas (after 6 years without skiing, i really loved to ski there and since it was the first day, everything was for free), Los Reyunos (to take some courses in german, since i'm german this wa...

I passed through San Rafael for two days and one night on my way to Malargüe and las Cavernas de las Brujas. Although only three hours south of Mendoza, and in the same providence, this small town is far off the beaten up gringo trail. It doesn´t even show up in my Lonely Planet book, generally a good sign if one wants to get out of tourist clus...

If you happen to find yourself in the quiet agricultural town of San Rafael one day, you would be well advised to stay at Cabañas Turisticas Calderón. It is a very pleasant spot on the edge of town, with five or six cabañas set in spacious gardens shaded by a dozen olive trees. We decided it was definitely not the time of year to take a dip in t...

Quelques faits à propos de l'Argentine: Contrairement à ce que l'on pense communément, les sud américains en général, et les argentins en particulier, ne parlent pas espagnol mais castillan. Vous me direz que c'est la même chose. Je vous répondrai que oui. Le castillan est à l'espanol ce que le québécois est au français, l'américain à l'anglais,...