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The vineyards of Mendoza: a tasting for nitwits

WHAT: A wine tasting at Bodega Norton WHERE: Just outside of the little town of Maipu (one of the three main wine regions in Mendoza) – some 20 km from

Things to do in Tafí del Valle, Argentina

As we had travelled for the last weeks in bone-dry areas of the salt flats in the south of Bolivia, the desert town of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile

Road tripping both north and south from Salta in 4 days: a guide

From the Argentinian northern colonial pearl that is Salta it’s basically a must to go on a road trip at some point. Both the gorgeous rainbows ranges and villages up north of Quebrada

The road from Salta via Cachi to Cafayate, Argentina

From the Argentinian northern colonial pearl that is Salta it’s basically a must to go on a road trip at some point. Both the northern and the southern part are worth a

Cruising the Napa Valley vineyards

On our way to Yosemite National Park we suddenly spotted Napa valley on the map. Though it was a bit off route, we were triggered by the memory of the