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July 9th 2010

Published: August 4th 2010

After leaving Santiago a couple weeks ago Kayce and I continued our journey with a trip over the top of the Andes Mountains from Santiago, Chile to Mendoza, Argentina. As is evident from the pictures, the drive was absolutely stunning. In addition to the glacial rivers and snowy slopes that we passed through, we also cruised right through a couple of ski resorts with the chair-lifts passing right ... Read Full Entry

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Johaan Ryberg

Johaan CA USA

Teacher from Santa Cruz, CA who enjoys spending summers traveling. Sometimes just a backpack, other times with a group of 20 fired up middle schoolers. Regions of the world explored include various parts of the Americas, Europe, and SE Asia. Sights are set on east Africa in the near future. I created the blog a while back to communicate with other travelers as well as give friends and family back home something to keep up to date with. Any questions or commentary on the blogs is much appreciated. Please subscribe to follow along. *Please note that the Brazil blogs were done very belate... full info

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4th August 2010

lenny
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thanx 4 update
btw, i consider myself a man of culture. with that said,do they have macdonalds down there? cuz i sure do like fine dining i.e. mac donalds. enjoy. coach lenny

4th August 2010

Colleen
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Welcome Home
We are looking forward to seeing you - soon. You and Kayce should write a book.

5th August 2010

Johaan CA USA
Johaan Ryberg

Mickey D's
Sadly, there are McDonalds and KFC's everywhere. Crazy. I'll give ya a call soon to catch up. Looks like I might be teaching at SVMS this fall. Fingers crossed. Ya know, so I can be right in the middle of the hot bed of bball talent.

5th August 2010

Ikal 1150 Wines of Argentina
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thanks for the post
sounds like a great trip!

17th September 2010

vero
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Hi, just read a bit of your blog, and I will be traveling to Mendoza by myself and don't really know how you did the trip of going on bikes, visiting the vineyards and stuff. so if you could help me out with some info of where you stayed, what kind of tour or soemthing you got on to see the vineyards and the whole bike thing it would be awesome! Thanks a lot vero from colombia

26th September 2010

Johaan CA USA
Johaan Ryberg

Mendoza
Hi Vero, Hope its not too late. The bike tours are offered up everywhere, just see a tour agency downtown or speak to the front desk at your hostel. I stayed at Hostel Lao and HIGHLY recommend it. Bottomless wine after 8pm, a fireplace and very nice hosts. Buena suarte, Johaan

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