Argentino Hotel Mendoza

... my trip that I haven´t. They are still rank) and a "Chocolate factory" where you get to taste Absinthe (yeah, I don´t quite get the link).<br><br>The wines were pretty much all really good, and I thought one would be a good present for my host family (the Montalvo´s) when I reached Santiago. So I bought it. And no, I didn´t just buy it because the tour guide was attractive and I wanted a photo. That was just a bonus.<br><br>The only slight complaint I would have is that the bike ride is ...

... drums and wooden flutes and tons of painters with easels up everywhere. As night eventually fell on the city, the ring of the plaza was lined with arts and crafts stalls giving a festive and cultural feel to a city that is otherwise fairly plain (they even had homemade Krusty the Klown stuffed dolls and beer mugs that were made to look like Duff cans). Other than wandering around, we wanted to sort out our plans for visiting the high ...

... then this was as good a place as any in the world to start. Somebody has thought about this, and the system they have set up is really pretty good. Basing yourself in the comfortable if slighty unimpressive city of Mendoza, you take a simple bus journey out to the countryside. I say simple, that is apart from the fact that the buses only take small change, and small change is like gold-dust in this country, shops simply dont give it out. Imagine going ...

... blend Quilmera?? This was a blend of different red wines. It finished very nicely and was over all a great wine. We actually split a bottle of this wine to take back to the hostel. Buying a bottle for around 150 pesos allowed us to not have to pay for the tasting. It ended up costing each of us an extra 20 pesos but it was well worth it. After the blend we ventured into another line of there wines. This line called the Finca is an all melbec line the ...

From the busy party scene of Buenos Aires we headed to Mendoza for some relaxation. It was a 14 hour bus ride from BA but not so bad because the bus was great! We had the very front seats on the upper level so we had a 180 degree view of the scenery and the seats were leather and fully reclined into beds.. it was one the best nights sleep we have had .. beats the hard hostel bunks! Once we arrived in ...

... les mines. Amb cascs, lots, roba d'abric i un bon equip, començarem l'aventura a través de les diverses galeries de l'antiga mina, observant diversos minerals a través de les grutes. Farem un recorregut de 2h 30min incloent el rappel. Som un grup de 9 persones i el guia. Quedarem força enfangades. Fa força fred, més o menys uns 8 graus. L'Eva es troba cada cop més i més malament. Les orelles tapades, el nas bloquejat... el constipat empitjora. Tot seguit un "asado ...

... Katie found a little Mexican cafe. Her veggie nachos were also pretty good apparently, so with food out the way we hustled back to our hostel, where we were due to be collected by our wine tour bus any second. <br><br>We had a 2pm-2:30pm collection window, so predictably they showed up at 2 ...

... flying home, they decided to set up a business to make this easier for other people. For a premium, of course ;) <br><br>As a result, they've established a really cool little place, extremely well marketed and staffed with young cool people with great English. We knew we were going to like it just from being outside the building. <br><br>I'll be honest and say that it also terrified me to imagine how expensive this experience was going to be, but ...

... eventually select Alamo (yes my dear, the same Alamo you know and love!) and schedule the pick up for 6:00 pm. Car rentals are not cheap here, nor is petrol. The total for one day for a compact 4-door Chevrolet Vectra is US$ 63.00. Petrol sells at around US$ 4.00 a gallon. We have checked at the hotel for the best "parillada" in town, and have been recommended to Mario's. We pick up the car and drive to the suburban restaurant. Argentineans ...