Hostel Campo Base Penitentes Mendoza

By the end of this journey we will have spent 54 hours on buses in ten days.

At first I promised myself I´d broaden my mind on these journies with some heavy literature I brought with. That went out the window as soon as the first film came on when I was forced to choose between the remake of Death Race or a rather wordy tome called ´The ...

Got a flight out to Mendoza on far western side of country with few hours stop over in Buenos Aires. Stuck out like a saw thumb at Iguazu Falls airport as we both had standard English holiday atire on...vest, shorts and flip flops- everyone else had full on winter gear. After realising that the natives were staring at us wondering what we were o...

On Saturday we caught the bus from Valparaiso to Mendoza which was an absolutely spectacular journey, crossing the Andes. The mountains were jagged and huge and surprisingly colourful – thinking back now one of the most distinct memories is the colours; purple, green, coppery colours looking beautiful in the sunlight. The 7 hours actually...

Joel: We arrived in Argentina on Friday and have spent the last 3 days here, exploring 2 Bodegas (vineyards) and an Olive Oil producing farm exploring the squares and cafes of the city centre and getting a taste of Argentinian culture. FRIDAY The journey from Santiago to Mendoza took 6 hours but the journey through the Andes was just spectacular...

Before I came to Mendoza I wasn't aware that the whole city is in a desert, and that the existense and life of the city and the wine industry (more than 1000 vineyards) depends on a sophisticated system of man made irrigation. Even throughout the city centre you see 1m deep irrigation channels at the side of every road. The "Parque San Martin" (...

We spent another day in Mendoza on Sunday and is it ever relaxing! Without the dirty, hustle bustle of Buenos Aires and a wee bit cooler and definately not as humid, we are able to relax and "stroll". We sleep until 9 then have a fruit based breakfast before we stoll on out the door to see the plazas, because there isn't much else to do cuz the ...

No one said traveling was easy and it's definitely not always fun. We came to realize this is Mendoza. To not completely sound like we are complaining I'll make it short.

Good and bad things about our time in Mendoza:

- We got started off on the wrong foot when we were delayed leaving because of three ladies that were late and wh...

We were up about half nine, showered and grabbed breakfast outside the back of the hostel. It was pretty basic but really lovely to be outside in the sun.

We went back to our room, packed, then checked out and walked for about 10 minutes to get to the hotel that we'd found yesterday.

After getting settled we headed into the main co...

We are up early, packed and enjoy a generous continental breakfast before settling the accounts and stowing everything in the car. We are already heavier than when we set of from B.A. yesterday, and we will be even heavier by this evening, when we arrive at the bus station. Our destinations for today are to drive into the Andes and visit a viney...