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From Mendoza with Mullets
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 5 December 2009
We’re in Mendoza. Finally. It’s strange to arrive in a city you’ve planned on living in for an extended amount of time, without having ever visited before. You hope that your expectations aren’t too far off from the reality, but you know, in your heart, that your expectations have no basis in reality. But you [...]
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Warming Up to Mendoza
Blog: Away Together - 25 November 2009
My first impressions generally hold true, but it turns out I got off on the wrong foot while getting to know Chacras de Coria, the town where we spent the past eight days.
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Guts and Gauchos in Mendoza
Blog: Away Together - 20 November 2009
“Well, that’s something your children aren’t likely to see in school,” a chipper young woman from the UK said in a typically understated British way.
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The Best Hostels in Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 14 November 2009
Travelling for a year, constantly on the move, rarely staying more than three or four days in one place, where I end up staying makes a huge difference to my my stress levels. End up in a nice hostel, with things like comfy beds, warm showers, free breakfasts, a good location and a nice atmosphere [...]
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Highlights of Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 1 November 2009
I had such an awesome time in Latin America it’s pretty hard to pick out favourite moments. But I’m going to give it a go anyway. Here are the best things I’ve seen and done over the past six and a half months, along with links to what I originally wrote about them. Favourite City: Valparaiso, [...]
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Argentina (steak) Round-up & Budget
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 24 October 2009
Five days in Argentina is nowhere near enough. But it certainly was wnough to stuff myself with steak, drown myself in red wine, and clog my arteries with dulce de leche. For if my little jaunt through Argentina on my way from Bolivia to Santiago was about one thing, it was food and drink. Boy do [...]
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Wobbly Wine-tasting in Mendoza
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 23 October 2009
After the camera-death incident, Salta did nothing to improve my mood. After warm, sunny San Pedro, I arrived in Salat to find it in the grip of the coldest spring they’d had for 60 years, with even daytime temperatures barely rising above five degrees (oh, and it was cloudy and raining too). The local camera [...]
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Argentina Wine Tours – Pickle Your Liver at Mendoza, Argentina
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 10 September 2009
Argentina is a magnificent country – and when you are there, you should check out many of the Argentina Wine Tours that are held in their wine growing regions. You can judge how ingrained a wine culture is in a country by simply buying the cheapest bottle of plonk to test how good it is.
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Mendoza, Argentina
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 4 September 2009
Miles of vineyards. The backdrop of the snowcapped Andes. Bottles and bottles of red wine. Mendoza is famous for being the heart of Argentinian wine country. It will be infamous for us as the place Patrick learned to ride a bike.
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These are a few of my favorite things...
Blog: Long Life in Buenos Aires - 20 April 2009
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