Auf der Suche nach dem Hut

After breakfast at the Hostel in San Juan we headed off to Barreal which is close to the Andes Mountains. Some bicyclists told us that we would have to take like a 200 km detour since the road was closed. Plan B was driving the other way through Mendoza. We didn´t get to see much of Mendoza (sorry Maci) but our lunch was pretty good...
We had to leave right after lunch since we were short on time; the rent for the car was from Saturday morning til Monday morning. On the way, Stefan lost his hat taking a picture from the car. He was very sad!! We made it all the way to Uspallata, went the wrong way, took some pictures with the Andes and went back. We wanted to go a national park near there but, once we saw that it was a dirt road we figured that our Chevrolet Corsa wouldn´t make unharmed. We headed down right back to Uspallata which is such a cute little town. Stefan bought a Mate (traditional Uruguayan/Argentinian tea "cup") for his sister (his third one on the trip) and a scarf for his mom. Andi bought a llama... i still don't get why... but it´s for his collection and he liked it best :). Of course we went back the way we came in order to step out of the car and look for Stefan's hat... no luck!
We had no choice but to head back to Mendoza. On the trip Andi and Stefan decided they wanted to drive through to really close to Cordoba. We stopped in San Luis to buy empanadas and water and drove til 2 a.m. By this time we had arrived in a little town where Che Guevara spent his adolesence...