Sooooo sorry I haven't been on lately, Mendoza was just completely filled with people and we were so jammed packed with activities to do all day that it was hard to get to the computer for five minutes. Actually, it was impossible. So what did we do? Well, we went to do a wine tour on bikes, which was amazing, it was 10 KM both ways, so about a 20 KM ride, not too bad besides the fact that we got completely sunburnt. We rented bikes from a company named Mr. Hugo which was great! He gave us lots of information and helped us changed our plans. We were going to go to the Anconegea mountains and do some trekking or hiking up there but the bus ride is 3.5 hours and the trekking is only about 1.5 or 3 hours and honestly I don't think Steven would've been too into it. He doesn't really have the right clothes and I think it was too hot in Mendoza to go trekking without the proper clothing. Anyway, so we ended up going to the Termas or the thermal waters, its a waterpark in the middle of the mountains in Mendoza. Sooooo CoooooL! We spent all day changing from burning hot water, medium water, and freezing cold water! Really amazing! Then we did some walking along the river and took some really great pictures. So when we got home we had to change our hostels because thank god there wasn't enough room in the one we were staying in, which was an awful mess with disgusting plumbing and disgusting guests! Ugh it was awful. So we changed to a private room and this made me and Steven feel so much better, much more relaxing and private! One night of privacy was great! Then the next day we woke up, went on a bus to go rafting down the Mendoza River. FREEZING WATER! But well worth it. The water was a bit more crazy than the water in the American River! Much more quick but no one fell off. The only problem was that I drank some tap water from the city and I think it got me sick because all day yesterday, all of the bus ride, and most this morning I had an upset stomach and I have been burping up lots of gas bubbles. I'm feeling a lot better now but it was awful on the bus! I slept the whole way so it was barely noticeable. Oh yeah that was great, immigrations, we got new stamps on our passports, even though the whole thing took forever! We had to stand out in the freezing cold at 5am to have them check our passports and check our luggage and check us into a new country, but anyway we are here so no worries. And we are staying in the this great hostel so far! Very cool atmosphere. All I want to do is shower and lay down for a bit and go explore this wonderful city. This city is soooo cool! Hopefully I won't wish that I had studied here instead! Anyway, I'm back in my "homeland", let's go explore the roots. In about two days we are heading to Valapariso on the coast and then from there we are heading back to the city. We will literally be going from coast to coast, from one side of the continent to the next! Amazing!!!
Love you all!
Rachellllll
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