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A lesson in clouds
... will cause unpleasant turbulence. Patrick takes the little lady up to 12,500 and we enjoy a smooth ride at 130-140 nauts for the next 1.5 hours we enjoy fast flying. Then 50 miles out from San Rafael we encounter snow as we descend below the cloud level.
Atypically, the tiny San Rafael airport is bustling with activity when we arrive. Kuko comes to pick us up and we head to Patrick’s to watch the sunset over the lake. ...
Won't try for free, (in) Argentina
... language that is hard to pin down, but certainly makes it harder to understand. After a while, and increasingly so as you go deeper into the country, there's a nagging feeling that people aren't as nice. Now this is controversial stuff; it's most definitely not Rough Guide etiquette to diss one's hosts. But I'm putting my anthropological hat on here and honesty in one's observations is required. The first observation is that tipping ...
Trekking, biking and wine tasting
... Conferencia at 3400m. Phew that was hard; if we hadn’t had a guide to push us then I think we would have turned back ages ago. We had a little rest in the campsite, took in some of the views and then started the descent back down. The way down was actually a little bit scary as you have to look a lot more carefully where you put your feet and ,because of how steep it was, you tend to keep up speed. But we were down in no time 2h. Instead of taking to bus from where ...
Wine capital of Argentina
... were expecting from the capital of wine in Argentina was a small town surrounded by vineyards and a backdrop of the mountains. In fact Mendoza is actually quite a big city with a lot of traffic and fumes. However the city centre had been designed with a huge central square called Plaza Indepencia and 4 satellite squares. We spent a nice afternoon wandering through Plaza Espana which had lots of Spanish tiles all over it, Plaza Italia which had a statue of two ...
Operation Purple Teeth?
... act as any good sommelier would, pouring a healthy portion. From what I could tell it was a wine packed full of flavour with hints of vanilla, cinnamon and dark chocolate packed into a soft structure with a velvety texture that was just a delight and left the palate begging for more. We headed back out into the rain to try and find a chocolate and olive oil factory but when we reached it we discovered it was closed. Onwards to the next destination. The rain had eased ...
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