Mendoza....

Arrived safe and sound in Mendoza..the bus journey from Tucuman to Mendoza took 13 hours...not too bad, even although the guy who was supposed to be looking after us, slept most of the way and when he was awake and you asked him for anything, he moaned..no screaming kids thou, so bonus on that front...Mendoza is beautiful..it sits right at the bottom of the Andes and at night you get to see some really nice sun sets...the weather is still mega hot and it still makes us smile when we see a local with a wolly jumper and a jacket on...As Mendoza is one of the wine producing regions in Argentina we feel that it is our duty to go and sample..and it is IB,s birthday on Thursday so we need to go out and celebrate...the trip costs 90 pesos each, which is about 16-17 pounds..that is for the transport there and back, tour, lunch and wine tasting so it is pretty cheap...the guy who took our booking asked if we wanted to cycle round the vine yards...we both looked at him as if he was crazy....us cycling around a vine yard when there is plenty of good wine to drink...fool....The whole of Argentina is cheap and the people here are so nice..Our hostel is great and there is a big supermarket across the road and with it being clean we can cook too...our budget is still good at this point. We are in Mendoza until Saturday and then not sure where we will go next....maybe a little town on the way back to Buenos Aires that has a thermal spa, but we will wait and see....Our flight to Peru leaves Buenos Aires on the 30th so we still have some time in Argentina to explore...

Will post some pictures on Thursday of the wine tour and IB´s birthday..