We finally got the small minibus which was surprisingly empty although it soon filled up with kulaks picked up from the side of the road.We drove over dangerous roads still covered in snow or ice but before the border we were concerned that all the snacks we had bought for another night in the airport would be taken off us at the border.Thankfully the Argentineans are much to poor to employ anyone for that specific job and the snacks stayed with us. The border...

We set off for Mendoza on the overnight bus from Buenos Aires - first class, obviously. We played bingo, watched films in English and drank champagne. We arrived early the next morning and checked out a few hostels which we all quite expensive. We are still used to Bolivian prices! We eventually found a really cheap Crispy Hands hotel but it was so awful that we decided we could only stay for one night. It was above a hideous old man?s cafe that we had to walk th...