Being Sunaware

Hello all!
I am back from a lovely weekend in Mendoza, Argentina.
To put you all at ease, I will have you know that I have been very sunaware down here so I shall not come home a leathered weathered lady, but hopefully a spry young thing. Also, I want my mom to know that even out of her watchful eye I care about my skin and take all the necessary steps to protect it. I also look very stylish in the 100 degree weather.



I went to Mendoza with two other people from English Opens All Doors. They are really fun. We left Friday afternoon and what was supposed to be a 6 hour bus ride turned into a 9 hour affair due to Customs. We drove up this crazy road through the Andes and in the middle of absolutely nowhere at the top of a mountain there is a border crossing. Thus far I have found that South America is not concerned with efficiency and therefore everything takes much longer than it needs to. We spent close to two hours trying to get through Customs. I thought that was long, but today on the bus ride home at 2 a.m. our crossing took even longer. We did not leave the Customs office until 6 a.m. this morning. We were supposed to be in Santiago at 5:45. We arrived three hours later at 8:45 and had to go straight to Spanish class. No guns were pointed at our heads and we had minimal problems, so I consider it a success.
Here we are entering Argentina!

A lovely landscape. This country is gorgeous and the Andes are incredibly beautiful. I was so inspired I painted a picture. I won't subject you to that, but I will share some photos.

Clearly this next photo is not me, but it is the road. It is insane and this picture does not do it justice. Also, the drivers do not heed the do not pass signs, they just do whatever they think is best.
While in Mendoza we went whitewater rafting and enjoyed some great wine and food. The food was classy, as you can see.

Yes, those are fries on there. There was also mayonnaise and lots of other things, I don't know what they are and I don't care, because darn they tasted good!

Take care! Email me, I love getting them. Hanweb2@hotmail.com