Grapes

Awkward conversations in Argentina - Mendoza & Cordoba

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March 3rd 2013
Arriving into Mendoza on the worst bus in the world from Santiago (see previous post) I was relieved to find a warm, relaxed and actually quite trendy town surrounded by vineyards, bodegas and snow capped mountains. This was my first day in Argentina and so I didn't really know what to expect, the bus from Mendoza to the Bodegas in nearby Maipu however was a good indicator of how things would ... 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