Welcome to Mendoza. Land of wine, wine and more wine. Look, I'm sure there are other things Mendoza is well known for. But this was the part most people told us about... We just HAD to hire bikes from Mr Hugo and visit the wineries of the Maipal region. So on our first full day in Mendoza. We did just that. If you have a few spare minutes. I would like you to read on to learn about the injury, the English "stud" (or so he thinks), the sneaky Swedish slappers and ...

We met Kim at the airport with posters embarrassing her on arrival. Was the perfect start to her five weeks with us. We didn't want to push her too hard on the first day, so just ventured out for a quiet dinner and drink in Palermo where we updated her on adventures and Justine's love life. Day two was a different story. We went on a walking tour through the city. In four hours we had learnt about the corrupt politics, how to avoid being scammed, much of the hi...

Justine and I have torn ourselves apart from each other this past week. I left her in the thriving Buenos Aires and jumped a overnight bus to some lesser known Argentine sights. I can't tell you how Justine has spent her week, but I have been in Carmen de Patagones staying with the Youl family's number one Argentine contact, Sandra. For those of you who don't know, Sandra came to Tasmania and worked on our farm for a month in 1997. Since then, my brother Tom vis...

From Uruguay to Buenos Aires to Iguazu Falls. All within twelve hours. That's speed travelling right there! Justine and I ventured from Colonia in Uruguay by boat to Buenos Aires. We heard it was the best way to travel, time effective and a nice change from the bus. Everyone boarded the vessel and off we went. About ten minutes in to the journey, something was amiss. The ferry came to a complete stop. The waves started to turn us back to the port we had just di...