The bus took only an hour and a half from Mendoza to arrive at the Termas de Cachueta. It was a stunningly beautiful drive up into a mountain valley that had a river running through it – and hot mineral springs! What an incredible place! From the very first view it was breathtaking! Circling themore …
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It was a hot Sunday morning walk about a mile through Mendoza to reach the Parque San Martin. I passed a lovely section of town not far from my hostel that has statuary sitting on a bench! Along the route I noticed many multi-national corporate businesses – more than I’d seen in any other Argentinianmore …
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What a wonderful idea – a bicycle wine tour! I’d never heard of it before, so of course I had to join the group that was going from our hostel! We caught a bus for a half hour ride out of Mendoza to Mr. Hugo’s where we were given our bike for the day’s adventure.more …
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My first full day in Mendoza was spent exploring the town. There is a major park that is surrounded by four smaller parks, all separated by about five blocks from each other. My plan was to start learning about Mendoza by seeing these five parks, the large central one and the four surrounding ones. Asmore …
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If you do a Google search you’ll find at least 5 different names for this pass – Uspallata Pass, Bermejo Pass, Cumbre Pass, Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, and Los Libertadores Pass. But I’m just going to call it the Andean Pass between S&M! The bus left Santiago at 8 a.m. to drive through gorgeous lushmore …
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