Wine-ing

Wine, beef, and sun -- I have been delivered to the Land of Plenty for these three things, and I am enjoying them all (though not necessarily in moderation). The 5 pesos for air conditioning at the hostel makes it all possible: best money ever spent (except for each 2 peso empanada, mmmm. Or 20 peso tenderloin).

Survived the overnight bus from Buenos Aires (and actually had a decent meal consisting of some sort of spinach and cheese concotion - good to have low expectations and not get sick on a bus!) to Mendoza, Argentina´s wine country. Argentine buses are great - big, comfty recliner seats, cheesy US movies, friendly staff - not anything like the Ecuadorian experience! Especially with a bottle of 20 peso wine bought at the station as our carry on.

My goals for the next few days in Mendoza are simple: wine, beef, and sun; repeat. So this extremely busy schedule will not afford much blogging, though I hope to get some awesome photos from Iguazu up soon. Ming took a brief video of our ride UNDER the falls that may just show up on You Tube soon for its great entertainment value (or maybe only to me, once again in thinking that we paid someone else money to go on a boat under a massive force of water that was hot and tasted like dirt and left us completely soaked).

Off to get some sleep, to digest tonight´s BBQ grill with felllow American travellers at the hostel (thank you Als family! complete with excellent chef!) and get plenty of rest before tomorrow morning´s Bodega tour.

And will be off for a brief day in Santiago, Chile on Christmas Eve. I am SO excited to see Julie and Damian and spend Christmas Day with the Isla family in Lima, Peru!

Wine, beef, sun, repeat. Try THAT in California or Washington, suckas. You may have the wine, but not the hot,blaring, gorgeous sun... but then again, you also do not have my hideous multi-tan or peeling skin...