A magnificent comeback and food, glorious food

After the last earthquake around a hundred years ago, the city fathers rebuilt Mendoza with and leafy streets, footpaths and parks to provide a haven from the trembling roofs of the yet to come earthquake, which is now a picture perfect city. A temperate climate, surrounding glacial mountains, and a humming adventure scene only add to the reasons why it is a tourist hotspot.

Random Argentinian Notes
- A diet of steak, steak, and more steak with the odd pizza or pasta.
- The only salads available are what I call boys salads... Lettuce, Tomato, and a maybe a bit of carrot or onion
- Fascination with where you are from
- Cheap and reasonable quality wines
- Try the lamb in patagonia
- Climate and culture of food, wine, and beers of the Centre and North make for a gut expanding few weeks
- Awe inspiring beauty, from gacliers, to moutains, to waterfalls, to rolling plans... Argentina has it all
- A country full of potential AFL recruits. Everyone, especially woman walk in straight lines, never giving an inch to oncoming paedestrians
- Almost obsessive patriotism towards the Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands)
- Cost of living is about a third of that in Australia
- Booming mens magazines industry "We only buy them for the articles"
- Massive bank queues. Literally at least 50 people lined up at any one time
- Price fixing and corruption
- Argentinians are often nicknamed "Che" for their pronounciation of 'll' as 'ch' instead of 'y'

Wierd and wonderful foods of the last four months
Cuy (Guinea Pig)
Alpaca (Peru)
Lama (Peru)
Beaver (Patagonia)
Krill (Patagoinia)
Ants licked fresh of the tree (Ecuadorian jungle)
Raw Ox mince sandwich (Netherlands)
Parillada (Argentina - Cheap, cheap bbq cuts of meat... liver, intestines, tripe, blood sausage)
Water reeds (Peru)
Pancho (Chile - Hot dog covered with guacamole)
Empanadas (Argentina - Pastry turnovers)
Herrings (Netherlands)
South American, especially Bolivia street food
Fish heads (Hong Kong)
Black Sesame (HK)

Favourite dishes
Paella (Spain)
Tapas (Spain)
Herrings (Hollands)
Bife de Chirizo (Argentinian steak)
Alpaca (Andies)
Cuy (Peru)
Cerviche (Peruvian pickled seafood)