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Wine country
... I spent the day circling the town. Well, I didnīt literally go in circles. Happy to be in a smaller city, I took advantage of meandering the streets, enjoying the new scenery and slower pace of the town. I was told to head to a park across the way; that it was beautiful and a lake was nearby.
Within a short time I felt the anxiousness of being back in a park, too unfriendly of a feeling. Despite broad ...
Pilgrimage to the land of steak and wine!
... a rather large toad!). So at 11pm the next night we got on our bus (and hotel for the night) to Cordoba. We arrived feeling a little less than fresh at 8 the next morning and traipsed to our hostel. After a nap and shower we were ready to face the city for some serious sightseeing. Unfortunately there wasn't a great deal to see, just a few churches, a park and a canal. We found an interesting middle-eastern place for lunch, ...
Up and over the Andes to try some wine.
... met including our Spanish teacher in BA have recommended his tours. The bus took us out of town to a place called Maipu pronounced 'My poo'. Ohh dear we are going riding round 'My poo' drinking wine in 'My poo'. The jokes would be silly and continue all day as the wine flowed. We arrived at Mr Hugo's and were greeted with a tumbler of wine, nice start. After the advice on which wineries to visit and the route to take we got the option of using a ...
Mendoza - soooo much wine
... booked an overnight bus to Salta in the north of Argentina which didnt leave till 20:30, so we had the whole day to kill. We meet up with the swiss/german couple again and walked to the large municipal park. It is too large to see all of it, so we just walk off a small part and then had lunch. We spend the rest of the day wondering around, and having a cocktail that ended up just being freshly squeezed orange juice which we waited over 40 minutes for,
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Party with the Mexicans, and a German, in Mendoza
... banks, but would have to forwarded from the UK. At this point we were blissfully unaware of the lack of efficiency of my bank, Santander, in the UK. We also needed to get a little detox time and recover from our party filled visit to Buenos Aires.
Our original plan for Mendoza was to meet up with friends we had made back at Peurto Madryn in Argentina. But due to our detour to Buenos Aires they had long gone so we were on our own. To gain an insight ...


