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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza November 1st 2016

October was rough. This month has been a grand convergence of all things unpleasant including cultural confusion, dysforia, and a wolf in sheeps' clothing who pretended to be Prince Charming. I got home sick around the 2 1/2 months mark of studying abroad. Therefore perhaps this was a normal 2 month slump for me? This time it was wayyyy worse. The first time, I experienced a 2 week period when I was mentally tired, could no longer understand Spanish, and the excitement and colors all around me seemed to fade. I came crashing down off my travel high and I would have given ANYTHING for a Chipotle burrito. Anything! It was melodramatic at best. This time, I sank into a light depression. I was homesick. I missed my car. I missed my bedroom. I missed not ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Uspallata September 7th 2016

So, I enjoyed the good vibes of Mendoza, and also hanged out with some other travelers I met at the Hostel, some from Israel, like two Israeli girls traveling together since they met at Uruguay. They really made me want to travel there. Some were from other parts of the world - one of them was a really nice young carpenter from the UK. He was talking about a very common thing among 20' something years old young guys from the western culture – he was talking about how all he does is to build stuff for rich people and he was thinking about changing for a more meaningful job. That sounded familiar - generation Y characteristics and so on. I tried to give him some ideas, but don’t know if I was useful. Any how ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza July 27th 2016

Mendoza is an attractive enough Argentinian city on its own, but most make a stop there because of its proximity to the mountain crossing to Chile or to visit wineries in the nearby valleys. But on my budget, I felt trapped there, since most excursions required going on expensive guided tours, even the most basic of which cost 90 USD a day. This would feel inevitable in countries like the US and Australia, but it's difficult to pay that much somewhere where it is $10 for a dorm bed, $5 for an acceptable bottle of wine, and $3 for all the groceries I need for dinner. So instead I booked four nights at my hostel and got a free bike rental in Maipú (pronounced My-poo, making for endless puns, considering how ugly it was), which is ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza July 16th 2016

After celebrating Passover dinner – "liel haseder" in Bariloche, I took once again a comfortable argentine bus to the city of Mendoza – which is down to the Andes Mountains and its famous vineyards (the biggest in Latin America) enjoys water from the Andes for irrigation. The ride took 17 hours and it was long – especially because I couldn’t eat almost anything from the service that was included in the bus ticket because of Passover. After the holiday dinner and for the whole week of Passover, Jewish people are supposed to avoid any flour made food, especially bread, pasta and so. Instead, there is special bread which has not risen - It’s a very thin bread call "matza". In the pictures you can see what my breakfast at the hostel in Mendoza was made of ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza July 1st 2016

Letztes Wochenende habe ich einen Ausflug über die Anden nach Mendoza gemacht. Die Stadt war recht übersichtlich aber auf jeden Fall sehenswert, und auch die Berglandschaften in den Anden waren ziemlich schön.... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza June 29th 2016

Getting to Mendoza should not have been as trying as it was. Julie and I made plans to take the 11:30pm bus out of Cordoba putting us into Mendoza at 9:30am the following day. We went to the bus terminal and bought tickets. Julie took over (she speaks fluent Spanish) at the ticket counter and apparently the agent said to get on an Andesmar Company bus even though we purchased tickets from MercedSur Bus company. Makes perfect sense, right? This was a slight detail that slipped her mind when 11:45pm arrived and I was still looking for a MercedSur bus wondering where our ride was at. Needless to say we missed our bus. Fortunately we were able to exchange our tickets for the next ride out of town at 6:30am. With seven hours to kill it ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza March 18th 2016

The bus from Valparaiso stopped in the centre of Mendoza so it was only a short taxi ride to the hotel. The hotel was in a fantastic spot and I was immediately impressed by the intuitive hotel staff who upon showing me a map of the city firstly pointed out where the pharmacy was. Needing to stretch my legs I took a walk to get my bearings and was comforted by the wide tree lined streets. They are almost European in style but not quite... They maintain a sense of uniqueness that I can't quite put my finger on. As a tourist it's easy to navigate as all of the streets run parallel / perpendicular to one another. I was later to discover that Menodza is a planned city. My hotel was just off one of ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza March 4th 2016

With still no plans of where to go in Argentina i followed the guy who actually had a bit of an idea where he was going, so next on the agenda was Cordoba. No idea of the place but me and Cam separated to different hostels. Cordoba is a big city and so busy but I didn’t feel that I should have been there. No idea why, it might have been the hostel or the fact that when I turned up for a free city tour, I was the only person there and it was cancelled! When I eventually turned up for a tour that had people on it, the references to ‘famous’ Argentinians was lost on me as I had never heard of them. I has planned on being in Cordoba for few days but ... read more

South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Aconcagua March 4th 2016

Destinazione Puente del Inca. Di cui ovviamente nessuno sa niente al terminal. Chiedo a tutte le compagnie, a tutte, nessuno sa niente. Quando spunta il botteghino di lei, la compagnia che passa con nomi random a random ore senza che nessuno dica niente, quella delle 30 ore senza mangiare o bere. Il signore al banco mi sorride, a me scoppia una colica. Lui ci va a Puente del Inca mi dice, basta prendere il bus per Mendoza e chiedere all'autista se ti fa scendere. Generalmente il 95% degli autisti ti fa scendere, aggiunge dopo che ho comprato il biglietto. L'atavica sfiga se la ride, per lei 95% è come sparare sulla croce rossa. Arriva il bus, guardo in faccia l'autista. Me lo sento già prima di chiedere. Non mi fa scendere, mi dice che non è ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza January 9th 2016

Our journey to Chile was a long one, from Ecuador via Panamá, but as we looked down on snow-capped mountains from the plane, excitement for the next leg of our trip was growing! We arrived at our AIrBnB apartment in Santiago, a fantastic find with a 17thfloor balcony with views to match and lovely landlady ready to greet us. Unfortunately the next day wasn’t my best as I started it lying next to the toilet and later vomiting into a carrier bag outside a Chinese restaurant! Ah well, Tom went to explore and later gave me a guided tour of the main sights when I was feeling a little better! Our first impression was that it felt a lot more modern and Westernised, and a lot less hectic, than Ecuador. Santiago’s Plaza de Armas was a ... read more
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