"Maipu" Veromarcos's photos around Mendoza, Argentina

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Preview of Veromarcos's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Mendoza, Argentina Entry Title: "Maipu" Entry: "Early wakeup today to travel without too much heat and avoid crowds at the vineyards around Mendoza. First lesson to learn in Mendoza - you need coins when you get on the bus. In the city they cost $1.10, and to get to Maipu its $1.40 (bus 173), and preferrably the exact change. If you put more the machine keeps it, and if you dont have any the drive doesnt help and you just have to ask around. We arrived at Maipu and were immediately invaded by half a dozen kids offering "rent a bike" for the day. The fashion around Maipu is the "bike and wine" which basically is cycling from one vineyard to another tasting and visiting. Even the bus driver (public bus) recommended that we should go to one and gave us publicity. The one he recommended seems to be managed by the local police team! We decided on walking to a couple of places given the high temperatures and the fact that we just dont see the point of cycling with half a litre of wine in the stomach at 35 degrees celsius. We soon found out our decision was correct when in the first vineyard a norwegian girl was tasting her wine and suddenly vomited all her breakfast all over the reception room! It was a bad show for Norway, and a real bad show for the wine company who had just offered her the <b>...</b>

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