On Monday I did a wine tasting tour, visiting two vineyards. The first was a traditional vineyard that only used traditional methods for their production. The second was a new modern vineyard that used modern techniques and processes for production. Both vineyards export almost all of their production to Europe and Brazil.
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| wine, wine, wine |
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| more wine |
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| Malbec |
Mendoza offers a range of outdoor activities such as mountain biking, rock climbing, quad biking, rafting, sky diving and paragliding. They needed a group of people before they would do the downhill mountain biking or the quad biking so I didn't get to do either. Its not high season yet so think I'll return again when its busier. Instead I did a tour of the mountains. Mic (Italian guy), Joe (English guy) and I decided to do the tour as it was the best way to see the Andes, Puente del Inca and Parque Provincial Aconcagua in one day.
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| can't remember where, one of the many photo stops |
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| Puente del Inca |
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| Parque Provincial Aconcagua |
This was my first "tourist bus tour" and probably will be my last. I didn't like the idea of being herded around for the day, 2 hours on the bus stop, take photos get back on drive for another few hours, stop take photos, eat in the restaurant they choose (although we didn't), more bus more photos. The rest of the tourists on the bus were considerable older than us and they spent their time taking photos or videos, even when they were on the bus. When we stopped at a shop there was a queue of them wanting to buy batteries for their cameras!
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| life through a lens |
nice, did ya ship back a few barrels of the wine?
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