Ski Lift crossing the highway

Mendoza - Wine Country

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October 8th 2009
Saturday 3rd Left at 8:40 for our incredible trip through the Andes to Mendoza, Argentina (we went with Tur bus) - and what an awesome trip it was. Beautiful snow-capped mountains, massive gorges and canyons, a ski field running right down one face of the mountain (we ran right through tunnels under them - pretty damn amazing) It was just amazing meandering up and then through the mountain its ... 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