Carollo Mendoza
25 de Mayo 1184 Mendoza, Province of Mendoza, Cuyo, 5500, Argentina
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Christmas Eve!
... the passengers actually play it, lol! So he won a bottle of wine and was very chuffed.
After arriving in Mendoza, made our way to the Hostel Empedrado, which we renamed 'Hostel Empanada'...we didn't arrive until about 12:30, and as it was Christmas Eve, everywhere was shutting down for Christmas at 13:30....so we had to decide quickly, what to do on Christmas day, and after ...
Mendoza (mmmm...Malbec...)
... still nice. Its pretty much Stellenbosch on a mini scale. But mmm, what good malbec – yum :)
So we arrived pretty early on the 1st day on our bus from Cordoba, but lucky for us our room at our hostel was already ready so we could get set for the day straight away. A quick note on our hostel, Hostel Alamo – pretty good place, highly recommend it. It has a cool outside area, with a little pool and a giant Braai area – right up our alley :)
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Spanish School in Mendoza
... we had enjoyed on our previous visit when, to our amazement, we found this link;
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXm2vVWn_E
We had nothing to do with it and no knowledge of it so it shows that one should always read the small print. Anyway it is good to see our old photos again as we did not take many this time. So click on the youtube link above and take a look to see Mendoza through our ...
Wineries, Zombies, Bike Rides and Picnics
... forts. We also had a very impressive cheese toast things. Not quite on the same scale as the ruins but I was starving. Once we reached the campsite at Catamarca we had a relatively uneventful evening with dinner and a few drinks, but not before I'd shouted at my tent. It seems as though the campsite was located on a carpark with an inch on dirt on top. Every time I tried to put a peg into the ground I hit stone. Eventually however, and with the air a little bluer, ...
Watch out for the thieves
... tour and tasting too, which was interesting as it’s a really old winery and we could see the old fermentation tanks and the way it used to be done. Obviously we bought a bottle of wine to take away and then realised we should make a move back to Mendoza as we had a bus to Buenos Aires to catch. We panicked a bit when the girl said the buses weren’t regular however we just hitched a ride to town and picked up a bus there to Mendoza. ...



