Preview of Jamesmc's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Mendoza, Argentina Entry Title: "Mendoza" Entry: "Hello to you all again, Well we're still in Argentina, and will be for the next few weeks cos there's so many places to see here and the people are treating us very well. We came here mainly as it's a major wine region, the 7th biggest in the world in fact! Once we got here though, we suffered a dose of bus-lag. I don't know if that's a word, but it's the only way I can describe it. The three long bus trips we did in the previous 10 days or so caught up on us and exhaustion kicked in. So the first couple of days were just lazy ones and getting lots of sleep in! On the Saturday morning we decided to do a bit of horse-riding, unfortunately for us, this turned to be the coldest day in the whole trip so far, and we were going high up into the mountains! So shivering and looking very blue, we got going. There was a lot of mist in the area so the views weren't as good as expected but we got out and running. My horse had the nickname "Kicker", and for a very good reason. He was a little unpredictable and even kicked a dog in the head. Our group leader was the owner of the land we were on and he looked the part poncho and cowboy hat on. We stopped half way to warm up and started a little wood fire and passed some Mate around. Mate is an Argentine ...
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