It's happened, 4 months and 2 weeks into the adventure I have fallen head over heels in love. I am besotted with Argentina, having absolutely loved Mendoza, I could happily live in Buenos Aires in a heartbeat. I spent 5 days in Mendoza enjoying the city and its surroundings. After our day in the park on the 6th October we hired bikes the following day in a own called Maipu, about an hour out of the city, and home to about 20 wineries. You cycle from viney...

Nine years ago today, the World, and in particular our family lost a wonderful person. Every 6th of October since then I have taken time out to do something with family, friends or alone, but something that made me smile and was good for the soul. This year was to be no different and I was determined that it wasn't going to be a travelling day and had planned to be in Mendoza, home of the Malbec grape. Rewinding a week, we left Bolivia at the end of our Salt ...