Mendoza, and robbery number 2!!!

Mendoza is a very pretty town, whiling away a couple of days here is very easy, especially if you get robbed!

Yep it happened again, luckily this time it was just the wallet but it meant we had to cancel all our cards which took about 4 hours because the tourist police centre didnt have a phone that made international calls! We ended up having to send out a URGENT email to friends and family, hoping someone was online on a Sunday and could help by calling for us. Luckily Greg came to the rescue - thank you Mr James!

Jose, the tourist policeman was very attentive and sorted out a place we could have lunch and dinner on a tab (very strange feeling not having any money at all, very limiting!) and took us to the police station to make a report - this took about 2 hours as they were more interested in asking me about Radiohead and other english bands than the actual robbery. Jose also arranged a double police escort to HSBC the next day to ensure that we got money. A bit extreme we thought, especially as the additional officer was supposed to be heading up the traffic control at the time! Tim is a Premier customer so we were treated very well but it still took 4 hours to sort everything out, I dont think the Argentinians know how to do things quickly.

We arrived in Mendoza on Saturday afternoon and by Monday morning had only spent a couple of hours actually enjoying the place, the rest of the time we had spent sorting out stuff after the robbery (which we are still a little puzzled about...we left the wallet in the room when we went out for a run in the morning - first run since being away - when we got back the wallet was gone. There was no forced entry and the hostel said they didnt have an extra set of keys...hmmmmm ever heard of a hostel that doesnt keep a 2nd set of keys. The moral of the story - dont do exercise!)