Mendoza - Argentina

Went on a day trip to see the biggest mountain in Sth America today. Long and tiring day doing nothing much more than driving around in the van. Made me sleep a lot. It was actually the pass that we came over from Chile too, so we felt that we had ´been there, and done most of it´. Also we paid GBP10 for the 9 hour bus trip from Chile to Argentina, and then went and paid about GBP18 for this day trip. Felt in hindsight that it was way too expensive and somewhat boring. Had to remind yourself that the scenery was beautiful. Made the mistake of not asking whether the guide spoke in English - which he didn´t, and was annoyed that the girl who sold it to us (who spoke to us in English), didn´t let us know. So learnt nothing! Thought about white water rafting, as Ian hasn´t done it before, but the water is brown and muddy looking. So no thank you! Visited some wineries for tours and tastings. Lopez winery was huge, so very interesting seeing the bottles being filled, capped, boxed, crated and wrapped up in plastic, all by machinery. They produce 60,000 a day. They also have a labortary where experts create new tastes. Looked like a chemistry classroom. Bought a 10 year old bottle of red for only GBP5! There was a smaller winery near by that only produce 70 bottles a day, by hand. Very different. Now we are flying to the very north east tip of Peru to the jungle. You can only get to this part of the country by either flying or by boat. It is the largest jungle city in Peru, and apparently very nice. From here we intend on taking a boat trip into Colombia. We keep hearing great things about Colombia and intend on spending at least 6 weeks there.