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Published: March 10th 2010
It was a 15 hour bus ride that took me overnight to the capital of Argentina’s wine producing region. Mendoza is a desert town at the foot of the Andes and within the last few years has caught the attention of wine buffs for producing some fantastic wines. Mendoza is merely a desert town which feeds its vineyards through a complex system of irrigation channels which line every street in this are...
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Mum Dad and boys
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Lazy and active wine days
Wow, Mike, what a lot of activities you have done since reaching Mendoza. White water rafting, drinking wine, kayaking, more wine tasting, attempted skydive and more wine... That wine would have been nice to send home or even the creamy chocolate!!! not a box of used travel books etc. Some of the pictures are stunning especially the one of Bariloche Centre which does amazingly remind me of Switzerland. Very clean looking. You must be a fully seasoned bus traveller now considering the length of all your journeys. The horse riding sounded fantastic - now that is the way to do it, unlike France!! Chunk sounds interesting. Speak to you soon. Love Mum xxx