MUNGO EATS Latin America

We have spent the last couple of days on the outskirts of Mendosa.  I would like to tell you that we visited all the sites in the town, but that would be a big fat lie.  We DID visit the Walmart Supercenter, the first one we have seen since Mexico.  Our intention was to stay 2 nights at the campsite.  The first afternoon evening were just for resting up and relaxing.  The second day we were going to try to hit the Walmart in the morning and then catch a cab to the main square in the evening, have a look around and have dinner in town. 

It takes a long time to shop a Walmart Supercenter, and it was almost 2 pm before we got back to the campsite.  Also, our adventure to Walmart made us realize that we were no where NEAR the center of Mendosa, in fact we were only in one of the small towns surrounding it.  A cab ride would take us about 30 minutes, provided we could find a cab, and we doubted we would be able to, since we saw exactly zero cabs on our whole walk to Walmart!

So, we did not see the city center.  The  campsite was very nice, filled with beautiful shade trees.  There was even a fig tree that we could pick figs off of in the morning.  There was a rope swing in one large tree and I am pretty sure Sean spent about 6 or 7 hours a day swinging back and forth.  There were even a couple of other kids in the campsite to play with.  What more could you ask for. 

This morning we left Mendosa, on our way to San Rafael.  This is another “wine town”, and like in Mendosa, malbec is the favorite varietal.  Tasty…it’s nice to be in wine country.  As we drove today, we could see Mt Aconcagua, the  highest mountain in the Americas (North, Central and South).  This is it in the background.

Pretty nice.  Tomorrow, we are driving a short distance to Malargue, which is a smaller mountain town.  We hope to indulge in a little adventure there.  We need a break from driving.