| Mendoza is a green oasis
that sits in a high semi-arid desert. Mendoza acknowledges its debt to
the pre-Incaic Huarpe culture that practiced irrigation in this area long
before the arrival of the Spaniards. |
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A network of open irrigation
channels run through most of Mendoza's streets to nourish the towns lush
greenery.
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Parque General San Martin
is more than 1500 acres. These gates, originally designed for a Turkish
Sultan, were forged in England.
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| We had some success getting
the bikes serviced in Mendoza, but it occupied a good deal of our time.
We would have loved to explore a bit more, but we were already running
a little behind and there were some things we wanted to take care of in
Santiago. Everyone we met who had made the trip raved about the Mendoza
to Santiago crossing. An hour out of Mendoza we began to see why. |
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