I didn´t really like Mendoza and neither did most people I met. The "Bible", or Lonely Planet, says that it´s stunningly picturesque, which it most certainly is not. It´s in the middle of the desert so it´s pretty dusty, the streets are heavily tree-lined, which means you can´t see very far and gives it a slightly claustrophobic feel, and there never seemed to be many people about, which made it feel quite sketchy. In fact, the first night I was there, 4 people from my hostel were nearly mugged. I met up with Marc from my BA Spanish school in Mendoza and we went on an afternoon wine tour. Unfortnately, we´d booked through his HI hostel, so we were with lots of "party" people. I didn´t think much of the wine we were given to taste,
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