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Hi Everyone,
Finally got round to writing about our last few days in S America. After leaving La Serena we bussed it down to Santiago, 1/2 a day there then caught a bus over the Andes which had the most spectacular views to Mendoza in Argentina.
Mendoza is a fantastic city with tree lined streets and lots of cafes lining the roads (great for people watching). It was lovely to spend our last views days relaxing and eating and drinking. Eating is what we mainly did as back in Argentina you guessed it, we ate steak!!! It was great we found 2 all you can eat buffet restaurants and just ate alternately at them. It was brill as much steak, chicken and any other bit of meat that you wanted plus a salad bar, other food and a dessert bar (including the best pancakes ever) all for about 2 pound. Bargain. We swear if we ever leived here we would be as fat as houses.
Mendoza is the wine capital of Argentina so what better way to spend our last day in the country than going on a wine tour. It was fab visited 3 wineries and tried as much as we were possibly allowed plus over lunch our glasses were refilled every time they got low, so obviously as soon as we saw the waiter coming, quick down of the wine (we never did learn anything in the tasting sessions). It was a great way to end our time here.
Then back to Santiago and our flight to NZ.
Take care
Tatey and Lou xxx
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