Yesterday we were picked up before sunrise - we were headed deep into the high Andes - close to the Chilean border. We headed into the 'lower Andes' and met the Mendoza river which we followed through some fantastic scenery until we stopped in a village called Uspallata (Alt. 1750m) to get some warm trousers and boots, the day before we were there it was -23oC here, when we arrived it was about -8oC!! We carried on going higher and higher, following the vall...

Well we arrived in Mendoza to snow and sub'zero temperatures!! Snow in the city of Mendoza is quite rare, what is even more rare is the snow they experienced in Bs As today (first time sine 1918). We spent Sunday just looking around the city, it was completely deserted as it was a bank holiday weekend (it was Argentina's independance day on Monday). It was unbelievably cold, it didn't get above -5oC all day. Mendoza is a lovely city, full of plazas. It was nice ...