Mountains Abound

(MON-TAN-YAS)

In Mendoza, there is wine and there are mountains. Glorious mountains, las montañas. Before coming to South America, I had never seen real mountains before and all I could say was wow – a lot. There are many things that could be said to describe the beauty of a landscape like Mendoza, Bruce Chatwin’s In Patagonia really does a wonderful job. Here instead are images, because this place is just beautiful and everyone deserves not just to hear of it but, see it. Alas – Mountains Abound.

 

That Magical Grape

(MEHN-DOA-ZA)

I can’t say I really love wine but there’s something special about drinking it right in the place where it was made. On our group trip about half of the program travelled to Mendoza, the wine country of Argentina. Nestled right between the Andes and the Chilean border, its an absolutely beautiful place – it makes one think beyond the city and just how amazing and vast Argentina really is. With the immense landscape and delicious Malbec wine, many photographs were had so I broke up my favorites into two sections. Below is the glorious wine country and those magical grapes themselves.

 

Update!

HELLO!

Apologies for my absences in posts the past few weeks. I went on a trip to Mendoza, then finals, then family and finally a trip to the end of the world.  I have made back to the U.S. safe and sound and will be writing more often and changing the content of posts a bit. BUT first, I have a few thousand photos from trips which will make their appearance here very soon. As just a preview – Mountains and the Beagle Channel!

Uruguay Revisited

(ER-OO-GWHY)

I was planning on taking a second trip to Uruguay before leaving South America but its looking like it won’t work out. Instead I decided to take a second trip through my photographs. Still looks beautiful to me. The countryside and the light is irresistible, so here are a few more views of it along with some other out of the bus window snapshots. Trip to Mendoza this weekend so look for photos from there very soon!