After a 20 hour bus ride, the best one yet, got served food, watched a movie, the beds ...sorry I mean chairs reclined WAY back and we got to sit in the front and check out the world. Plus the crazy Canadian we met had some good stories to pass the time (he had hitchhiked all the way from Ushuaia (a trip that took us 60 bus hours).
Mendoza wasnt the sleepy little town we had imagined, it was a city for sure. Very wide avenues and big old trees helped make it aethetically pleasing but the architechture wasnt the best. Our first couple days involved walking to their huge park (the Mavrix tend to walk alot whether we hiking or ¨chillin¨in town) and just seeing stuff. Day three was to be the a great day though. We caught a local bus with some Americans from Cal-Tech and rented some bikes for the wine tour. The Mavrix of course had to have the Tandem - we do EVERYTHING together! After a few false starts and a failed attempt at taking my hands off the steering wheel while driving we finally got the hang of it and headed off on our twin turbo!
The first winery was ¨posh¨and clean with an eloquent if rather short tour guide. After he took us through the winery, showed us the big vats of wine and the stacks of oak barrells we were treated to a tasting....yum. This was to be the last tour of the day - only tasting please, no tour!
The rest of the day involved riding from winery to winery...sorry from Bodega to Bodega trying Argentinas famous wines before finishing off at a Liquour and chocolate place...again yum!
Sunday is supposed to be a day of rest but for us it meant a day of sun and fun river rafting and zip lining...weeee.
Although the river is supposed to be a little low this time of year the M felt like a kid on his first roller coaster!! Great fun was had by all and our guide thought it was very funny to have everyone high fiving just before a huge hole appeared in the water. Thank goodness we had heavy wet suits on because the river is caused by the glacier and I think cold would have been an understatement! Vix´s numb foot was testament to that! After a nice hot shower, the best buffet ever and some time to sun ourselves and regain our original colour the call for the zip line went out.
This zip line involved tying yourself into a long cable and flying over the lakes, rivers and mountains of Mendoza...wicked fun! The guides also showed us a new trip where we got to do the zip line upside down....pretty freaky and pretty cool until you see the end of the line coming for your head....
Ultimately it was a great day even with the Mavrix (esp M) being quite sunburnt!
Next Chile....
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