Tag Archives: Mendoza

Conservative Mendoza to Dilapidated, Intellectual Valparaiso

Conservative Mendoza to Dilapidated, Intellectual Valparaiso

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 [...]

Finding Gauchito Gil from Córdoba to San Juan and Mendoza, Argentina

Finding Gauchito Gil from Córdoba to San Juan and Mendoza, Argentina

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.