Wine-tasting room

We spent three days in Mendoza, one of eight wine capitals in the world. It´s responsible for 70 per cent of Argentina’s wine production. Our hostel had jugs of free wine available all day, every day.

Vuelta y vuelta: an adventure through Argentina

February 22nd 2009
We spent 18 days in Argentina, getting a healthy dose of urban Argentine life by stopping in Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Cordoba and finally Salta on our way north to Bolivia. We were surprised to learn that 90 per cent of Argentina’s population is European (only three per cent of which is half European, half indigenous). If we were dressed appropriately, we could pretty much blend in with the local ... read more

South America » Argentina

Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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