Hostel Puertas Del Sol Mendoza

... a catch up on sleep (our first night being very restless thanks to the government closing pretty much all night clubs in one measure to keep swine flu at bay by īpreventingī people from congregating en mass, meaning most people simply brought their parties to the hostels... that said, if it wasnīt for the previous 20 hour bus trip and lack of sleep, we may have joined them!), the only way to recover was to take ourselves to one of the wine ...

... old school and rustic. The great thing is all the wineries in Lujan(sub-region adjacent to Mendoza city, of high acclaim and extremely old vines) recommend visiting this winery because of itīs charm and because Carmelo is a great older guy who leads then tour and his cute daughter translates! Bonus!! Haha, anyway the wine was great and the LCBO just bought a ...

... we forgot our keys. This could be tricky since we also forgot our cell phone charger and our phone is dead as dead can be. Tomorrow we have an appointment at Achaval Ferrer, a top wine produced in Lujan de Cuyo. We will go there with our friend Juan, who is the cousin of our boss at the winery. Then tomorrow night we are heading to Anns house in Chacras for an asado. Our adventure has begun! -D.

... bus all the way south to Bariloche. (Where I am tonight.) It looks like Banff, Jasper, Lake Louise. Well, basically, itīs Alberta with different trees. It looks like I will be meeting up tomorrow with a girl I met in Samoa and sheīs going to hitchhike me (in her car) to where she lives. Sounds like itīs a nice, peaceful spot where I can rest for a few days. I need a rest. On Tuesday I was in Chile! Enjoy the pictures, they tell more of the story. Miss you all, xox K

... to find change for the bus ride back to Mendoza city on the first day, we decided to buy a bus swipe card the next day which would overcome our problems of coin change and give us more 'wine time'. The theory behind our decision to rent a bike on the second day was to allow us maximum time to fit in as many winefarms as possible. Ironically, the bike we rented from the recommended company broke down after three winefarms and meant we had to walk over an hour back with a ...

... return to buenos aires to collect a new passport and that they may be able to do it by post so i could stay in mendoza. better than another 17 hours back and forth again. lots of form filling and photo taking and stamped address envelope buying and cheque writing (costing 140 pound for new one) and am now waiting for the british embassy and argentinian postal system to come up trumps for me. hoping to be back with a passport sometime next week (fingers ...

If you have ever drank a bottle of Argentinian wine the chances are it was from Mendoza, a pretty region on the edge of the Andes. We arrived off a 'first class' night bus from Buenos Aires. I decided to book us a first class bus partly because I was interested to see what it was like as I had never heard of them before, at least we haven't seen them in any other part of South America and also because it was only 20 dollars extra ...

... trying that!! Today Abi left for New Zealand and Kevin and Meg headed to Chile. When they all left, I was completely undecided as to where to go. I am feeling exhausted by all the rapid traveling I have been doing-too many overnight buses with not enought time in between. I have a week and a half left in Argentina. I knew I want to visit Iguazu Falls but other then that I wasn't really sure. Thought about heading to Salta (which is in the northwest of ...

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We had a nice glass of white when we entered and 10 mins later it was time for the presentation by the guest vineyard.



We weren't sure what to expect, but it was actually very good. The owner, the winemaker and the harvester of that bodega each explained what they were responsible for and what the process ...

... anything. After a couple hours sleep it was up and time to find out what there is to do in Mendoza. Mendoza is the wine capital of Argentina with hot dry climate of 320 days a yaer no rain or clouds. I found the tourist info office and found an english paper that deals with wine and stuff and it had an office around the corner, so off I went. The place is called the grapevine and the guy that runs it is irish, he was able to set up a fullday wine tour ...