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A Weekend in Wine Country
The first weekend in May, two friends and I were planning on going on an organized trip to Mendoza, Argentina. Unfortunately, the trip through school fell through at the last minute. So, Kim, Haley, and I decided to plan our own trip. We all woke up very early Friday morning to catch a taxi to the bus station in downtown Santiago. Before leaving, …
Day 14 - A day in Mendoza
During the bus ride last night, I was woken by something and thought we were driving through a town because of the lights I could see through the curtains. I sat up and looked out of the window and saw the most amazing sky I have ever seen. On half was clear and filled with so many stars - you could see the Milky Way and I saw shooting stars. The …
Day 15 - Up the Andes...
We thought we were sooooo clever........
Driving out of Mendoza to the Chilean border, high up in the Andes. We didn't need a map - how difficult could it be, just head upwards!
An hour later and 120kms in completely the wrong direction showed the folly of our ways. We turned around and headed back to where we started. We had been on …
Day 17 - 4 Squares and an ice cream
As our bus to Salta isn't until 8pm tonight, we have asked the hotel to let us stay in our room until 7pm which they have agreed to. They are charging us 50% of the night rate and as I lounge here on the bed, in the air conditioning, in the late afternoon after a day pounding the streets of Mendoza, I consider it money very well spent. I'm not sure …
Day 16 - Earthquake lunch break & Tupungato Tipple
We had to be up early today as we had arranged to go on a tour of some wineries in the Uco Valley in Tupungato near Mendoza.
We were a small group led by an Argentine lady with unlikely name of Mefanwy (father Welsh). Our travelling companions were lovely and made for very pleasant company all day.
We went first to Atemisque winery, where …