Skydiving in Cordoba

From Wine Country to Salt Plains

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May 15th 2008
After snow stopped us leaving Santiago for a few days, Dan and I made it back across the Chile-Argentina border (again!) for a spot of wine tasting in Mendoza. Mendoza is Argentina's largest wine producing region, bottling a staggering 720 million litres per year. We were sold the hostel on the basis that we would get free wine all day. Probably not the finest grape (nor in the safest area - my ro ... read more

South America » Bolivia

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more