Mendoza - Week Two

we didnt just spent one week in mendoza .. we actually ended up staying for two.
once we moved hostels into break point, we pretty much were stuck there and couldnt tear ourselves away.
after the pain of charlie and rory and lana leaving, nell and i decided that the best way to handle it was to carry on the way we had started.

so heres another summary.

we went white water rafting on the mendoza river. well the river is rather brown so it was like chocolate milk rafting. we dont have any photos from that as i had sent my camera housing home after the galapagos .. but suffice to say it was loads and loads of fun and i want to do it again !
we went with a company called rios andinos and i would totally recommend them !

we met patsy and brel from canada. brel is 10 and he speaks 3 languages - english, french and spanish. he was telling us that his dad is a chilean cowboy and that he hasnt riden in ages. so we organised a little treat.

they celebrate saint nicholas day .. and on saint nicholas day you get oranges or chocolate in your shoes (not my shoes .. eewwwww !!)

so we organised with his mom and with enrique to take him out riding and then to have an asado.
the night before, we took them for dinner at facundos and brel ate 1/2 a bife de chorizo which is about 500 grams of steak. nell made a bet with him that if he finished it he could push her in the pool in her clothes so ....

we went out to enriques on a beautiful day and went for a ride.
brel wasnt quite the horseman that he made out and we cut the ride short as he was tired, hot, thirsty, hungry and sore ..

but nell kept her end of the deal ..


and enrique was great, getting out his bow and arrow and showing brel how to use it.


we had another asado prepared by break point (go Break Point Hostel !). this time it was dario at the grill as pablo has buggered off to Punta del Este in Uruguay.
we all ate so much meat. even more than at my birthday i think.
and there was much singing.
and much drinking.
and i had such a great time.
this is harry from scotland.
i blame it all on him. and nell. and the fact we have been without parental supervision for so long.

the following day i did nada. thats nothing. zero.
i had a 4 hour siesta. i ate a little pizza for dinner. i think i had one beer.
and then next morning we got up at 5am and got ready to fly to buenos aires.

MENDOZA .. WE WILL BE BACK !!!!