Not much to report today. We didn't get in to Tucuman until 10.30, then the next bus to Cafayate wasn't until lunchtime. We got in there late afternoon and spent the day walking around the small, pretty town. It's nestled in the Andes and all the neighbouring mountains stop any cloud, meaning it almost never rains. This also makes it perfect for growing Torrentes grapes (for white wine), many of which are sent to Mendoza. We hadn't realised but it...

Today despite the strike we managed to sort out a driver to take us to lujan, a local neighbourhood with loads of vineyards. We rented bikes, were given a map with names to go to, and off we went!The first was a very small one run by a man and his daughter. They do all the labelling etc by hand, and were very friendly, and liberal with the pouring! The next they had recommended was closed, so we went off piste to another called alto vino, or something like that. ...

We arrived in Mendoza early and headed straight over to the hostel. After booking our next bus to Tucuman we went out and spent the day walking around the city. It's not the prettiest but it was still very nice to chill out and walk in. We also spent a lot of time trying to sort out a wine tour the next day, as there was a nationwide strike on all public transport! Later we found the only Irish bar in town and watched the Manchester City match, then went out ...

Hopefully the last big journey for a while! Today we are taking the bus from Bariloche right the way up north through Argentina to Mendoza, heart of Argentina's wine country! It's 19 hours though, so we splashed out on first class, which at least has fully reclining beds, wifi and food (although I made an army of sandwiches yesterday just in case). Although it might not be very enjoyable for me, as literally two minutes in I spilt the peach juice all over...

We woke up this morning and headed out to sort bus tickets and move hostels. All the business sorted, we then got the bus far out to Llao llao, pronounced show show like shower. From there we spent the day walking all around the woods and lake, including up a hill for an amazing view of the lake. Take a look at the stunning pictures.Later we got in some supplies for making tons of sandwiches for our big coach journey the next day! We also ended up having two dinn...