...we get up, have some nice buffet breakfast at the hotel and start on the formalities;...we exchange € and $ cash into Argentine pesos and once again feel the thrill of changing money with shady guys on street corners (even though after last year's government change here the parallel market all but disappeared)...we get the permits, arrange the mule transport (we go with Lanko, the same guys I went with last year), print a little Polish flag for that ...

...we get up early, check that everything is packed and set off for Argentina again....we spent charming 45 minutes at a gas station out of Santiago just for buying sandwiches and topping up my mobile card - turns out Chileans are still every bit as phlegmatic as I remembered them....after some usual waiting we cross the border without problems and 3 more hours down the road we arrive in Mendoza, admiring beautiful views on the way....we find out Mendoza in the s...

Over the last few days......I idle around the hot hot city, doing shopping, relaxing, fixing my boots and backpack....I plan my onward trip to Chile....I enjoy my first real Argentine steak (excellent) and the first real Argentine pizza (awful) on this trip....I get ripped off on change (petty amounts, 0.10-0.30€ mostly) in restaurants more times than I can count. A bit short-sighted really because I would have left a much bigger tip if they had been honest...

Zajechalismy do Mendozy, jako się rzeklo, z opoznieniem. Oczywiscie zaden z potencjalnych hostow nie moze nas przenocowac (poprzedniego dnia wyslalismy kilkanascie mejli). Dzwonimy jeszcze do kilku, ale bezskutecznie. Nasza irytacja zmienia się w trwoge, gdy po obdzwonieniu hosteli okazuje się, że nie ma nigdzie miejsc!!!! Cholera… dlugi weekend!!! Szajse! Nie tylko w Polsce maja te wymysly. No tak, Monica z przygana mowila, kraj w kryzy...