Wandering South: Entering Wine Country

It´s been a busy week since we left Buenos Aires! We arrived in Mendoza on Tuesday morning and after checking in at the Mendoza Inn, a cute little hostel with a nice backyard, a hammock and a pool we tried to book a wine tour. But we missed it so we decided to lay low and then walk around the city. We decided to do our own wine tasting and sat on a rooftop bar that overlooked the city for hours drinking Torrones wine and watching the sun set. It was fabulous!!

Our hostel in Mendoza.

If there´s a hammock, I´m happy.

Stef and I enjoying our wine.

So the next day, we decided to book a tour through the hostel to go trekking/rappelling & to the hot springs. It was a great day. Driving out to the mountains was really beautiful, with rolling hills and mountains everywhere you looked. It was quite arrid which I wasn´t expecting but apparently as we were later told, this weather is ideal for wine.

The hike was straight up!

Looking cool in camo helmets.

Me headed down the 45 meter cliff.

The hot springs were more like a natural
water park.

The next day, we decided to do our own wine tour. We try to avoid tours unless they are really necessary since it´s usually a lot less expensive and more fun. So we took the local bus into the town of Maipu and rented bikes. The locals were very friendly and we got a lot of, ´Hola Chicas!´as we rode by. From there we toured about 3 different bodegas and a chocolate factory. It was picturesque and perfect weather.