Today was our last day in Mendoza. We started by packing up all our gear and then checking out. We stored our gear at the hostel and went out exploring. We walked to a museum (about half hour walk) which was dedicated to the huge earthquake which destroyed the city in 1861. It was a very interesting museum as it was built over original foundations so you could still see the ruins from the quake. Entry to the museum was AR$8 (NZ$2.50). Everything in the museum was in Spanish but I thought we did OK translating everything.
We spent the afternoon updating everything, including blog etc and are currently waiting for our bus which departs at 10.30pm local time. It is an overnight bus to Santiago (will take approximately 8 hours, including a stop at the Argentinian/Chile border), and from there we will catch another bus to La Serena (approx 7 hours).
Was quite nice today to have a 'half day'. Sitting down and sorting a few things and catching up on the news in NZ, great to hear Kane Williamson got a century and saved our bacon in the third test against SAF.
Not much of a blog today so I will upload a sample of photos from our few days in Mendoza, enjoy!!!
Mendoza earthquake - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1861_Mendoza_earthquake
Cata Internacional Bus Company - http://www.catainternacional.com/
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