Such a nice day for a drive, and such good scenery. Its a beautiful area so I got a little trigger happy with the camera.
Graffiti'd monument to oil production just south of Mendoza.
Refinery town south of Mendoza.
Here's the town name to find it on a map - everything seemed to be owned by YPF.
Starting the climb up the valley to Uspallata. Lots of dry country - would be good for dirt biking.
Old train tracks. Apparently some company is looking at reviving the derelict line for transport, which would need a little work. But the track has three sections of different gauges which is a pain.
Further up the valley towards Uspallata. Beautiful day.
Here's a roadside monument to recycling... err or one of those little Jesus Cristo in a box thingers that inspires people to leave water.
This is the other side of the road from the recycling monument - still dry and facing towards Uspallata.
I don't think conquistadores even had to pick where Uspallata was, their horses did it for them. After eating dry tumbleweed stuff walking through the mountains, they just followed their noses to the lush greenery of Uspallata.
Pizza Especialidad. Egg, olives, ham, cheese, red peppers.
This is the view from Uspallata on the exit from town starting towards the road to the Chilean border.
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