I don´t have a lot of patience today unfortunately. Too many nights itching, scratching, fuming...the bed bugs got us and it appears that I may have some kind of allergy to the little horrors after finding myself covered in an extremely itchy rash that has not let up for the past 5 days. Lucky they don't seem to like the cold because we are in B...

Today was a great day cause i got my tooth repaired. For those of you who didn´t know, i got my tooth chipped in Vina Del Mar when this Pajero (Dumbass) bumped into me while i was drinking a large bottle of cerveza. yeah, who thought drinking a beer could chip a tooth. Anyways, I waited to Mendoza cause i heard the dentist were really good in Ar...

We took the Andesmar bus from Mendoza to Bariloche but were disappointed as we had heard tales of bus bingo and nice food from other travellers but we got no bingo and a salty lasagne which got worse with every mouth full! Seventeen and a half hours later we landed in Mendoza bus station and were over the moon to be greeted by a rep from our hos...

Classes started on Wednesday. You'd think three months of vacation would be enough, but it isn't. We skipped the first days of class to go on vacation Thursday-Sunday. We went to Mendoza, Argentina, which was one of the trips I was most excited for this semester. It ended up full of disasters, but as Juli just told me, "Remember, all fun is fun,...

Weer even terug in Mendoza. Alsof ik thuiskom. Het is echt een fijn hostel. Met een aantal engelssprekende behulpzame mensen die echt in alles met je meedenken. Heel fijn. Samen met een stel gasten (chilenen) een uitnodiging voor het eten gekregen. Ik had n.l. niets gekocht want was pas laat aangekomen. Wat een lieve mensen. Er is toch een marka...

Got the bus up from Bariloche, oh yeah haven`t talked about them yet, they are the best coaches that I`ve ever been on, big reclining chairs that you can lie back on and sleep cause I take them mostly overnight, so they`re real comfortable. That last one there was wine along with your meal and then a whiskey after it to lull you off to sleep. Wa...

2nd March - Arrived in Mendoza at 8am and took a taxi straight to the hostel. The hostel international thingy is really handy - they´ve got heaps of hostels all over Argentina so they're happy to call and make the booking for you in the next place you´re going - easy peasy lemon squeezy!! The hostel here (Mendoza-Inn) also had a swimming pool, b...

After my whirlwind tour of Chile and my harrowing experiences with young ladies from the tourist board, I was a bit dazed. I picked myself up and looked about. Oh my - I seem to be in the capital of Argentina's wine industry. Cant imagine how that happened. Still, as Im here....

Go to the Summary Page ___________________________ After these few days in Mendoza, in the fine company of Italian, German, and Argentinian characters, it was time to move on to Buenos Aires. As this was the start of the south-american leg, I could easilly have taken more time in Mendoza and along the way. But... I want to go to Patagonia, and I...

The Argentine province of Mendoza is home to the Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Andes and all the western hemisphere, a short distance from the border with Chile. It's only the shade of strategically planted trees that protect the city from the blistering sun and it is popular resort for many Argentines, Chileans, and English teaching, visa-...