Mendoza - Paraglyding, Winetour

Being in Mendoza reminds me of home. They have the same trees we have back home! But there are no leaves, which in July for me, feels a bit awkward, but i must remember it is winter ound here! Also I have found that Argentina in general is very confusing. It isnt very consistent like the other coutries i have been in. In some towns the shops are open from 9am till 6pm, and then other places they open 9am-1pm and then 5pm-9pm. It svery confusing, especailly if you want to go shopping. This whole siesta thing is just wierd. Particularily, when you are in a part of Argentina where it is Freezing. I tend to associate a siesta with heat..but here thats not the case.
Being in Mendoza, it seems to be a really active place, with loads of activites to offer, so i decided to go Paragliding. Thankfully i wasnt the only one going. There was another girl from my hostal going.. because it involved a long car journey, and then we sat on the mountain for 45 mins waiting for the guys to do whatever it was they had to do.. ie lie out the paragliding chute thing!
We had to fun off the mountain, which was bloody scary... Claire(the other girl) her guy got the kite up really quick so she didnt have to run too far, but i had to run all the way off the cliff!! I was shitting myself! Why am i doing all these stupid things!!!- because they are fun of course!
Flying was amazing, very peaceful, quiet and beautiful veiws of the whole of Mendoza. It was an absolutly amazing experience.. definintly want to do it again! It was great! the landing was a bit scary, because you come in really quickly towards the ground, and then the guy somehow makes the parachute break, and you slow down completely and have to run! Its cool though! Highly recommended.. and less dangerous than jumping out a plane!
Then that afternoon, headed out on a wine tasting tour. I was a bit disappointed that i was the only young person there.. so it was a bit crap... just went round 2 vineyards, and a extra vigin oil production plant. That was fairly interesting.,.. but otherwise i was a bit bored. They didnt serve enough samples, and i had already seen it in Cafeyate. Had to rush from the tour to the bus station for 8pm to catch my Bus to Bariloche! Got quite lucky on the bus to be sat next to a brazilian guy who spoke perfect english... so i had some decent conversation, from someone who wasnt a sleaze at all!