Wine tasting

Magical Mendoza and Smoggy Santiago

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October 16th 2006
Well we haven't updated our blog for a while...it's been a little manic. Let's backtrack a bit and go back to just after we left Bariloche on 27 September. We got another 20 hr bus journey northwards up the Western border of Argentina to Mendoza. We'd heard mixed reports - some people told us it was very boring. We couldn't disagree more! Mendoza is beautiful and tranquil with lots of leafy pedes ... read more

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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