The Andes again

Over the Andes and into Mendoza

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July 29th 2011
Mendoza and San Juan After a free upgrade on the bus to Cama class (the equivalent of business class on a plane - which has meant we can now never go back to semi-cama, economy!) we started our journey over the Andes and into Mendoza, one of the wine regions of Argentina. The landscape was beautiful and the border crossing relatively painless. We found our way to Hostel Lao and from ... 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