On the Sunday after we arrived in Mendoza we took a bus as far as Potrerillos in the precordillera, then hitched a ride to a campground in a bright green microbus with a couple of mendocinos who needed gas money. On hearing that we were looking for a pretty place they brought us up to the village of Las Vegas. Las Vegas seems to be mostly vacation rentals and a couple of Eagleville-type store/restaurants. We went to have a submarino (hot chocolate) at one of them and Pedro was thrilled to discover an Estudiantes (his futbol team) game on a tv in the corner. Las Vegas is situated at 1800 meters above sea level (5900 feet) so we felt a bit winded hiking around the dirt roads. We had great views of what we assumed was Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas, although in retrospect a lot of these Andean peaks look alike so who knows :)
We stayed at the muncipal campground which was packed with picnic-ers during the day, but was totally empty by evening. We camped in a beautiful meadow with a slight slope. In the morning when we got up we enjoyed the scene of vagrant horses loping across the field.
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