I was lying on a couch, and looping out of the window, the breeze, the flaming autumn leaves, the massive Andes in the background and I couldn’t help thinking about how lucky  we are, for having this in Mendoza the place were we live.

            Here’s the top 5 thing you can’t miss out on in the mountains if you are living or you come to visit Mendoza:

1. DOWNHILL: unfournately this is a very expensive sport which needs a lot of training and you need to be really brave. The equipment you need is a bike, of course, but not a normal bike, there’s special ones and if you don’t want to die young you must use a helmet and protections this consists in who goes faster down the hill, along the ride you have jumps and dead ends.

2. SKI: first of all if you suffer from vertigo, you must choose another sport. This sport can be quite extreme or just an activity you can do with you family. It depends where you ski, i mean if you go down the permitted slopes or you’re more cool and braver and you go OFF PISTE! If you are a bit insane you must buy wide skies or the ones that are called twin tops, which you can also use to jump. You don’t need to buy equipment, you can rent it.

3. TREKKING: this is a very peaceful activity you have to walk through the mountain, looking at the amazing landscapes, you can catch some insects or just walk.

4. MOTOCROSS: we are going EXTREME again! Sport mostly practise by boys in which you ride your endure or  cross bike through some cool tracks, but if you want something adventurous and risky you just ride in the mountains.

5. RAFTING: in this sport you always get WET! So it’s better if you practise it in the summer. People mostly do it in the Mendoza River. You have 3 levels from most difficult, dangerous and rapid to the calmest one.

            I consider Mendoza to be a really hilarious and also extreme place. With a very wide variety of activities for people for all ages. Mostly teenagers. Be brave and prepare yourself for all sorts of extreme sport, don’t be a courage you wont regret it.