Today was going to be all about food and after a delicious breakfast we headed down to Plaza Sotomayor to meet Ines at Cafe Melbourne. Ines was going to be our chef for the Chilean Cooking Class. The class was just going to be for four of us and over a coffee we discussed menu options. It was a unanimous decision to go for a seafood menu consisting of pebre, ceviche, mejas with parmesan and baked filled fish. For dessert we would have chirimoya alegre. Wi...

We had to change rooms, we were only booked for two nights because the hostel was meant to be full. They had cancellation though so we can stay two more nights until Sunday and we even get to move to a double with private bathroom. A recommendation from the Walking Tour was to take a short trip on a lancha around the harbor. The lanchas charge 3,000 pesos per person and leave once there is maybe 12 to 15 people on the boat. It didn't take too long for the bo...

Breakfast at Hostel Luna Sonrisa was pretty good, actually it was really, really good. For a start they had unlimited strong, real coffee and then they had freshly baked darkish, European style, bread. With chunks of cheese and homemade jams, it was divine. Over breakfast we chatted with a Dutch couple who were taking 3 years to sail round the world... now that would be an adventure, being able to stop pretty much where you wanted and reach some of the more in...

It was our last morning in Mendoza and when David went down to the reception/breakfast room to check emails (WiFi didn't reach the room), he was asked if he wanted breakfast. When we booked through Booking.com it stated that meals were not included but it seems that breakfast was, even though we were never told at check in. Luckily, we didn't actually miss much - it was weak Nescafe and dryish bread/pastries. We took a taxi to the bus terminal to catch the 9:30...