About to leave Argentina

Hi everyone, we are about to leave Argie and going into Bolivia tomorrow. After Barilochi we went to Pucon to try hike up the volcano but the weather was so awful (although we did wallow in the gorgeous hot springs for 2 hours) that Baz and I hopped on to an overnight bus to Santiago so we would have an extra day to get my visas. To cut a long story short, we got both my Bolivia and Peru visas with relatively no problems - yippee!!!!!!! Santiago was pretty boring but it was nice to be away from the group for a night so we met some new people in the hostel bar. Santiago was full of smog and not a lot to do so we had a good few relaxing days. We also said goodbye to 4 of our group and got another 6 joining us. We went out to a Vikkings resturant for the farewell meal, where we had to wear vikking hats. Very entertaining.

We then headed off to Mendoza, which is the wine capital of Argentina. Had a few wine tours and liquor tours. Nice street cafes but not alot else to do. Next was the valley of the moons which was spectacular!!!!! Its called the valley of the moons because of the moon-like terraine - quite amazing. Only had one night there then headed off to Cafayate, another wine area. Saw a magnificant canyon there. Salta Rafting was next, where some brave people did the rafting (it was freezing). Baz did a lot of climbing hills and walking, while I went horse riding. I was very fortunate to do the riding at a local farm where they were preparing a huge family meal and welcomed us to join them. Felt very privalledged!!!! The next day we all went canopying (aerial runways/ zip wires) across the canyons which gave us quite a thrill. We loved it. There were 9 cables in all and at the end the guys that opted out of it threw eggs at us as we were coming in on the last cable. Baz got sorted out good and proper but they missed me, thankgoodness. Was a real laugh. We are in Salta now and are all going out for our last good Agrie steak and wine supplies before we head into Bolivia tomorrow.

Everything is gonna be a bit more backward now I think but Baz and I are really looking forward to it. Well, gotta visit the supermarket to restock the wine supplies.
Look after yourselves and keep in touch.

Lots of love
Jen and Baz
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