Next up, we headed by bus (a mere 22 hours) to the wine region, Mendoza. We stayed at Hostel Lao and were very happy to be greeted after another night on the bus to blazing sunshine and hammocks strung around the pool in the hostel. Then we took a walk around the city, checking out the main squares of Plaza Independencia and Plaza Espania and huge parque San Martin to the top of Cerro Gloria, where you get a fantastic view of the whole of Mendoza. Back at the hostel we met some lovely girls who were staying in our room (one Cambridge graduate and a nurse from Portsmouth) and made a steak dinner together at the hostel. The next day the four of us hooked up with another group of four travellers and took bikes around six different bodegas in the area, doing a tour and a wine tasting at each one. The wineries and vineyards were beautiful and it was interesting to see the huge barrels and machines they use to make wine and learn all about the process. So all in all an educational and tipsy day in equal measure!
Next (sorry I am rushing here, queue of people behind me) we took a bus to the scenic, chilled out town of Salta, where we are now. We're staying at a hostel called Terra Oculta and just had a great lunch of local cuisine at a restaurant called Donas Salta. Salta is a great jumping off point to cross over the border into Bolivia (via La Quiaca and Villazon on the Bolivian side) which we are doing tomorow, so fingers and toes crossed that all goes smoothly. I'm looking forward to Bolivia, but I think it will take some adjusting as it's the poorest country in South America and I hear it can be a bit of a shock after Argentina. We'll also miss the Argentinan people who have been absolutely delightful. So thankyou Argentina, we've had a ball!
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