http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/San-Juan/San-Juan/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Argentina , San Juan , San Juan en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:07:36 BST Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:07:36 BST Traditions Day at the top rigth corner of the province. Something unforgetable http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/San-Juan/San-Juan/blog-308803.html Two and a half hours of travel on a virtually empty bus got me to San Juan a sunny city of broad streets and finally shops with flipflops. Though this was really only a waypoint on the route to the national parks further northeast I figured I'd stay a night in the hope of catching up on some sleep. The area is supposedly on a faultline with as much potential for a Big One as California bu http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/San-Juan/San-Juan/blog-294859.html Fully laden with food snacks fuel and water we set off early from Mendoza bound once again for Uspallata. No we havent gone mad Uspallata forms a natural crossroads where the road from Chile meets the two routes to Mendoza and the road northwards towards San Juan and beyond. Previously we had taken the fastest route to Mendoza and now we were returning to Uspallata along the isolated and http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Argentina/San-Juan/San-Juan/blog-253050.html