Ritz Hotel Mendoza
Peru 1008 Mendoza, Province of Mendoza, Cuyo, Argentina
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¨Did my credit card arrive...?¨
I was nervous it wouldn´t make it. It was arranged to arrive by 5 pm that day. I inquired at 10 am and was given the negative. The hostel said they would alert me as soon as they received the package. All I could do was wait.
With limited time in Mendoza I decided to arrange with the tour agent a few things to occupy myself. With reference numbers in hand and an itinerary, more ...
Pilgrimage to the land of steak and wine!
... ice cream parlours before we wobbled back on our bikes to the campsite. Then it was off to the city of Mendoza for more wine tours and steak as well as our final meal with the truck before we set off on our own.
After we said a teary farewell to our travel companions we stayed on in Mendoza for another night to organise our onward travel to Cordoba (and take advantage of a campsite with a swimming pool, which was ...
Up and over the Andes to try some wine.
... vibe and the weather had taken a turn for the better, sun all day and open shops. After the check in we rested after our gruelling 10 minute walk, and the sundeck upstairs seemed the best place to practice. When we checked the place out we discovered they had a myriad of things to do on a daily basis, ohh dear 2 nights won't be enough, better get a couple more.
We had always planned on doing a cycle tour with Mr Hugo in Mendoza, everyone ...
Mendoza - soooo much wine
... cost about 3 euros. Which was about the same we paid at the all the vineyards we went to (always for 3 tasting glasses). At the first vineyard we got a wine tour. I now know that leaves divided into 3 are from the malbec grape and the ones divided into 5 are Cabernet Sauvignon grape. And that white wine needs a higher altitude and warmer weather than red wine grapes. In total we visited 4 vineyards and 2 liquor places. It was a great day.
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Party with the Mexicans, and a German, in Mendoza
Now that we had some cash, courtesy of our good willed parents, we could move on to our next destination of Mendoza. Due to our predicament of having no bank cards and only emergency cash, caused by too much partying and socialising, we had decided that enough was enough. It was now time to start being sensible and that would mean absolutely no partying. We couldn't afford it anyway. At least not until our replacement cards arrived, which had just been ordered ...



