Gran Hotel Mendoza
Av Espana 1210 Mendoza, Province of Mendoza, Cuyo, CP 5500, Argentina
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Malbec-land
We arrived in Mendoza in early afternoon and it was such an inviting city. Lea immediately delcared that she liked Mendoza better than BA only 5 minutes into the walk to our hotel. Me, i´m on the fence. Mendoza is a smaller town and definitely a more relaxed pace of life; but they´re both wonderful cities for different reasons. Our first day in …
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The Wine Cycle
... up the road to Tempus Alba. I am riding a fair bit faster than Simon (I knew my chunky legs would help one day!!) and find that I am waiting around for quite a while at Tempus for him to show up. I am now thinking he got hit by one of these trucks and so am trying to call him a little bit worried. I get back on my bike and call some more. He finally answers but we can’t chat and I am relieved he isn’t dead but I still haven’t got a clue ...
Wineries, Zombies, Bike Rides and Picnics
... breakfast. This came as a much welcomed break from porridge and cereals. Today was long drive day down to the town of Cafayate. On route we stopped off at a place called The Devil's Throat. This was a huge gorge-way in the side of the mountain that we were able to walk through (just about). The gorge was stunning but the slippy rocks made walking up pretty difficult in flip flops, and getting back down again even more so. I opted to run and hope whilst opted for the ...
Mendoza
... als Buenos Aires. Auch ist hier das Wetter wesentlich beständiger und schöner (knapp 300 Sonnentage bei minimalem Niederschlag im Jahr). Mendoza liegt unweit des höchsten Berges Südamerikas dem Aconcagua mit 6962m. Der zugehörige Nationalpark öffnet allerdings erst im argentinischen Sommer und somit musste die Besteigung für mich leider ausfallen ;-) Eine Tour in die Anden mit Besichtigung einer tollen natürlichen Brücke und anliegendem früheren Thermalbad ...
Watch out for the thieves
... got in to Mendoza city (me still crying!) and decided that we would stay somewhere nice with good wifi as we had a lot to sort out.
As is the case with two 30 year olds when they are in trouble, we called our parents! Kevin first whilst I had a shower to calm down. We have to say a massive thank you to them, particularly our mums, for putting themselves out to help us calm down and get sorted as quickly as possible. It ...



