Buenos Aires to Vegas - The Trek

Mendoza in Harvest Flying from Iguazu to Buenos Aires and from there to Mendoza took only 5 hours in total (and cost a lot!) We had arrived in the middle of the " Fiesta Nacionale de la Vendimia ", or in English, the wine harvest festival. The festival was corresponding to the end of summer and time of the grape harvest. Many music events and farmers markets take place during this time in celebration . Summer did not seem to have ended though! The weather was dry and the temperature was hovering around the mid 30s. Mendoza province lies in the mid-west of the country flanked by the Andes A short description from wikipedia to give you some background: " Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province , in Argentina . It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes . As of the 2001 census , Mendoza's population was 110,993. The metropolitan population was 848,660 in 2001, m

Puerto Iguazu and Foz du Iguacu (16-19 Feb) Iguazu lies on the northeastern border between Argentina and Brazil. We met our 2 new travel companions Adam and Duncan at 6am at the Aeroparque domestic airport. The flight takes only just over an hour and we stepped out into a hot and humid tropical forest. Wikipedia provides the following: "Cataratas do Iguaçu are waterfalls of the Iguazu River located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná and the Argentine province of Misiones . The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The waterfall system consists of 275 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River" Our hostel was called the Hostel Inn, a chain of hostels renowned for partying. We made silent thanks the heavens that there was a large swimming pool! Poolside at the Hostel Inn With no time to waste we checked in and booked a cab to visit the Brazilian side of the falls. Passports at the ready, we crossed over with ease and