Argentinian wine and back to the House of Fun

It was another long, long bus ride from BA to Mendoza, where we didn´t really do anything at all to write home about...apart from sample the gorgeous and very cheap Argentinian Malbec and watch loads of extremely crappy films in the hotel. Whilst there Mum Walton was celebrating her 60th birthday and it was great to chat with her, albeit very briefly. We had a couple a nights in Mendoza then got the bus over the Andes back to La Casa Roja in Santiago. This should have been a 6 hour journey but it turned into 12 hrs because the drivers mate managed to lose the list of passengers details at the Arg./Chile border !! This meant that we missed most of the gorgeous scenery (it was dark on the best bit), although we did get a quick glimpse of Cerro Aconcagua, at 6960m the highest peak outside of the Himalayas.

Cerro Aconcagua

We eventually rocked up at La Casa Roja at about midnight to find the party in full swing. It was great to meet up with old friends and we eventually stumbled to bed in the wee small hours. The following day we booked onto the Pacahamama tour to head north through Chile up to the Atacama desert.

written by

jonnik on March 20, 2008 from Mendoza, Argentina

from the travel blog: Jon & Kenty's Grrrrrand Tour

Send a Compliment

comment on this...