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The backpack diaries – our top ten South American experiences
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 21 December 2011
So this post is a little late – over a year late to be precise – but that’s okay because we still remember every miniscule detail of the trip as if it was yesterday. We’re determined to get back on the blogging horse and we have a few great European posts up our sleeves for [...]
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Ruca Malen winery
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 23 February 2011
The Ruca Malen winery is located at the foothills of the Andes, near Mendoza, and is a great place for wine-tasting and a lunch with a fab view. Read the accompanying post: “The Good Life in Mendoza“. See other Velvet moments: Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia Serengeti sky, Tanzania Pompeii, Italy Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Masaai [...]
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How to See Argentina in 30 Days
Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 January 2011
Argentina is a country that is blessed with everything a country could ask for.---------Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog.Membership includes 12 lessons, community forum, audio interviews, and a blog.
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Mendoza Argentina Wine Pictures
Blog: Two Backpackers - 14 January 2011
One of the most popular wine regions to visit in Mendoza, Argentina is Maipu. Maipu is easily accessible from Mendoza by local bus or your own transportation. The entire Mendoza wine region is most known throughout the world for it’s Malbec wines. Experience the thin skinned grapes in a variety of vineyards serving the intense [...]
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Velvet moments: travel photo of the week – Plaza Espana, Mendoza
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 9 December 2010
The Plaza Espana in Mendoza, Argentina, is famous for its colourful tiles. Read the accompanying post: “The Good Life in Mendoza“. See other Velvet Moments: Mural in Valparaiso, Chile Impalas at the Serengeti, Tanzania Quebrada de Las Conchas, Argentina Bruges canals, Belgium Sacred Water Temple, Bali, Indonesia Positano, Italy Share this Velvet Escape:
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Aconcagua
Blog: The Road Chose Me - 50,000kms of ebb and flow - 6 December 2010
I spend a few beautiful sunny days in relaxing Mendoza, before venturing out into the mountains once again. Parque Provincial Aconcagua contains the enormous mountain of the same name, which at 6,962 meters is the tallest mountain on the continent, drawing hordes of serious mountain climbers. Passes to enter the park are expensive, and even [...]
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Mendoza Wine Country
Blog: Two Backpackers - 10 August 2010
Yes, while in Argentina we visited the home of the world renowned Malbec wines of Mendoza. No, we didn’t think it was awesome, but we aren’t wine connoisseurs either. Once we promoted that we were visiting Argentina, our friends and family immediately asked, “Are you going to visit Mendoza?” At first, we didn’t think it [...]
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Cycling some and sampling more. Mendoza, Argentina
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 14 July 2010
The Tempus vineyard was a shock at first, so out of place was it among the flaking single storey buildings we had been passing all day. Standing at the end of a pristine gravel drive was a beautiful but unfinished piece of modern architecture cut out of thick glass plate windows and wonderfully textured sandstone. [...]
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Day 120: Loving the vino!
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 12 June 2010
Cordoba's Museo de Memoria Chillin at a cafe in Cordoba. Not really feelin the #2 city of Argentina, probably coulda skipped this and head straight for the cap. Buenos Aires tomorrow, here we come. Anticipation and expectations... BA is one city I can't wait to experience. Symbollically it also marks the finale of our South American tour (Rio de Janeiro is our final stop but it's hard to feel
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Conservative Mendoza to Dilapidated, Intellectual Valparaiso
Blog: Trip Down - 14 May 2010
I don’t think I saw anything at all really of Mendoza. I drove into it at night and left it in the morning. I didn’t find the people as friendly as other places in Argentina but I’m sure it was worth at least two nights stay. However, now that I’ve booked a flight (Buenos Aires [...]
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Finding Gauchito Gil from Córdoba to San Juan and Mendoza, Argentina
Blog: Trip Down - 13 May 2010
I spent the weekend in Córdoba, Argentina at the Pochongo Hostel, run by two young brothers. On both Friday and Saturday night their friends showed up and drank Fernet and coke - Córdoba apparently consuming the majority of the world's supply of the formerly Italian alcohol.
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Wines We Enjoy…
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 1 May 2010
So… Â As has become evident by our blogs, our time and our interests, we enjoy wine. Â We’ve been in Argentina about 22 weeks. Â We spent 8 days touring vineyards, tasting about 15-20 wines per day on those days. Â While we lived here, we tasted probably about 4 new wines a week. Â So… that’s a lot. [...]
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Faster Than a Speeding Bull… Frog
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 27 April 2010
4/17/10: Mendoza, Argentina I am like Superman. No, I can’t lift cars, chase down comets or look good in spandex, but I believe I’ve officially crossed into superhero territory. I too now lead two separate lives: there’s at-home, routine-based, Mundane Kevin and then there’s… dun da da da… Travel Kevin! Who can shoot (pictures of) [...]
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Don’t Drink and Scrabble
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 26 April 2010
4/16/10: Mendoza, Argentina Mendoza being the famous Argentinian wine region, I had been eagerly anticipating our visit to the city. Visions of beautiful countryside, outstretched vineyards, quaint patios and full glasses of wine swam around in my head. Ahhhhh… Our hostel advertised two options for seeing the wineries: a minibus wine tour (two wine tastings [...]
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If I Spoke Spanish I Wouldn’t Have to Armpit Fart
Blog: No Hurry Curry - 25 April 2010
4/15/10: Mendoza, Argentina Pretty much everywhere we go it seems as if people are speaking in a foreign language. Yesterday on the bus, for example, the guy in the row in front of us did a half-turn in his chair to where the tip of his nose just barely sniffed the top of the head [...]
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Vallecitos is a Pretty Place.
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 19 April 2010
So… this weekend was my “surprise weekend” for Erin. It’s not really a surprise when you have to say, “Plan on being gone for these next couple days, but I’m not saying where.” So, there were bits of it that were a surprise, but she pretty much guessed it all. The surprise was renting a [...]
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Living Up the Last Weeks
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 19 April 2010
We’ve been a little busy these last couple weeks. Â So busy that this little blog has been completely neglected. Â Update time. Mendoza is funny sometimes. Â Example: Todd and I saw an ad in the paper for a polo tournament. Â Since, we are now experts on horse sports and have attended one other polo match, we [...]
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The good life
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 15 April 2010
The good life in Mendoza (A page from my Travel Journal). All the good stuff in Argentina seems to come from Mendoza, like the best wines, mineral water, olive oil and other produce. Wherever I went, whether it was a supermarket or a restaurant in the south or in Buenos Aires, I spotted the name ‘Mendoza’ printed [...]
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Fun in Arenales
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 12 April 2010
My goodness! Where have we been? What have we been doing? It seems like it’s been so long since we talked, I know, I know. I’ve been busy, you’ve been busy, just couldn’t quite connect. But it’s good that we are talking again, finally. So, to bring you up to date, I went climbing last [...]
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Passing the Days
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 6 April 2010
Good morning world. Â My eyes are heavy this morning even though I slept well. Â I wasn’t so sure that I would, because it was the first night apart for Todd and I in a VERY long time. Â I think maybe since we left the states two years ago. Â When we were living in Kansas [...]
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Random Unconnected Morning Thoughts Pre-coffee
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 3 April 2010
Yesterday walking home from the grocery store, not the close one, the super big Carrefour that is also super far away. Â Anyway, walking and talking and lugging our goods home when we see little red droplets on the sidewalk. Â Splattered in a curvy manner creating a little trail for us to follow. Â Todd with his [...]
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Oh happy day!!!
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 22 March 2010
We are sitting here eating cheezits. There is a case of movies waiting to be watched. It is an amazing day. A package sent on Feb 2nd, from our wonderful friends Ryan and Leah Shea, finally arrived on March 22nd. That’s only 48 days or so. The wait was worth it because now I’m brushing [...]
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Birthday Shananigans
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 20 March 2010
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! I am officially 29years old. 28 was an incredible year; a kick off party hosted by Colleen was shortly followed there after by the beginning of our trip. This time last year we were preparing for the big Latin American portion of the trip. Argentina seemed so far [...]
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1/2 Marathon Domination
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 15 March 2010
Monday morning here in Mendoza. My legs feel like tree trunks and my hamstrings are taut as a sling shot ready to launch. This made for an interestingly pathetic attempt at pilates this morning. My Spanish is not advanced enough to explain these aliments so I did my best and laughed when everyone else’s legs [...]
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Wine Harvest at Caelum
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 9 March 2010
Yesterday was a big day! Erin was hanging out at a coffee shop called Kato, when who would walk in, but none other than Constanza, owner of the vineyard Caelum. Erin was apparently writing an email to her right at that moment, so karma came through for us and arranged a meeting. She said that [...]
