Mendozin'

Hey, Happy weekend to everyone out there.

Despite being within peeping distance of a very imposing mountain range known as the ANDES, Mendoza is t-shirt warm even in the middle of winter. It's a nice town, distinctive for it's huge irrigation canals that line every street, designed to handle the water that melts from the mountains every spring (otherwise, its very desert-like). These ditches, though functional, would never fly in the U.S., (LAWSUIT!) and I've noticed it tends to discourage stroller usage by the post-partum set. These ladies arm-carry, and they've got guns like Popeye.

We decided to spend the day checking out the town, and we traversed it in various patterns until exhaustion set in. There wasn't all that much to see, though we did have some fun at the local aquarium. (sea world, it is not.) The title pic demonstrates that cayman (click link for AMAZINGLY detailed photo) tend to disrespect turtles by using them as pillows.


The rest of the exhibit was mostly fishies (including the really ugly mugger above, a resident of the amazon that will, according to the informational posting, occasionally snatch monkeys from trees as a snack). We also found Nemo and pitied a poor "rescued" sea turtle who seemed more than a little depressed.

We're headed into those ANDES tomorrow, so should have some hot pics later.