Don Marios

Mendoza, Cordoba and Valipariso

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January 6th 2010
From Buenos Aires, I hopped on a night bus to Mendoza, arriving there early in the morning. The nightbus was great, a Don Otto bus, complete with fully reclining beds, movies and pretty good food. My first day in Mendoza, I went white water rafting down the river. This was my first time rafting. The river bed was apparently quite low, which I actually was happy about, given that I had no prior ... read more

South America » Argentina

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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