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Mendoza Meat and Malbec

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November 10th 2010
So we have headed West, and made it to Mendoza after a 12 hour overnight bus journey. Again, not disappointed by the quality of the coaches, in fact this one exceeded all expectations. Not only was it comfortable, but they showed a movie in English this time, we had been getting accustomed to watching english films dubbed into Portuguese with Spanish subtitles, so this was a rare treat. The hig ... read more

South America » Argentina » Mendoza » Mendoza

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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