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Take the city A public transit bus can be taken in the direction of [[Agrelo]], 30 minutes away for 4 pesos (May 2012, not reliable!)to the south. Ask the You can catch such a bus driver to drop you at Mendoza's central bus terminal (Terminal del Sol Estación de Omnibus de Mendoza), right in the crossing centre of Mendoza where the RN 7 and RN 40 with the RN 7, before Agrelo, at the YPF gas station (''Gasolinera de la Ruta 7''), also known as '''Parador Perdriel'''meet. You The bus will be dropped 200 m before that same straight road (Ruta Nacional 7) that goes to Chile. Many of depart from around the cars stop at this gas stationbays numbered 50-60. Ask around there to find out which specifically and how to pay your fare: some buses take the local transit payment card, some accept cash to the driver, some sell tickets at the gas windows there just inside the station or walk to the crossing to filter out traffic going south.
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== Hitchhiking out ==
If you're in the center, consider taking a bus to get out of the city. For the bus you need a Mendoza specific bus card with enough charge on it. As of January 2017, 20 pesos is enough for three bus trips (or three people on one bus trip). You can also ask other passengers on the bus if they can "beep" you in, in exchange for a the amount in cash amount(and they may well beep you and then refuse to be paid back!). Find out which bus to take with the [http://www.omnilineas.com.ar/mendoza/colectivos/ OmniLineas website].
=== West towards [[Uspallata]], [[Puente del Inca]] and [[Chile]] ===
==== Via the Ruta Nacional 7 ====
Ask the bus driver to drop where RN 7 splits off to the west before Agrelo, at the YPF gas station (''Gasolinera de la Ruta 7''), also known as '''Parador Perdriel'''. The station is 500 meters before Ruta Nacional 7 continues its route west to Chile. Many cars and trucks headed in that direction stop at this gas station, but it is a busy station for people headed everywhere. Truckers are especially wary with the assumption you'll want a ride over the border, and even if they agree to take you that may only be to the customs facility just past Uspallata (though that will be useful for catching the truck traffic done with customs formalities and then heading into Chile). Ask around at the gas station or walk to RN 7 to filter out the traffic headed in other directions and catch traffic coming from the south; the spot there isn't ideal, but especially with the long merging lane from the southbound RN 40 traffic it will do. Another popular option among hitchikers hitchhikers is to take a bus to La Paz (or La Dormida, or even San Martín and then another short bus) and get down un Alto Verde un order tonget yo Parador Eloy Guerrero (a gas station). Here's a map: Ubicación: geo:-33.130646,-68.31468?z=11
https://osmand.net/go?lat=-33.130646&lon=-68.31468&z=11
[^^^Parador Eloy Guerrero (called 'Parador Guerrero' by several local rides I had) is nearly half the distance from Mendoza to Uspallata in the wrong direction, but there is a fair bit of truck traffic headed from there to Chile (or, so they told [[User:Movethathoof|Moverthathoof]] the night they were there but on their way to Buenos Aires). You probably won't do any better there than Parador Perdriel right at the junction of RN 7 with RN 40 south of Mendoza, but if coming from the east and not wanting to deal with getting past Mendoza otherwise you could stop there and seek a trucker to Chile or at least the Uspallata customs facility]
One hitchhiker suggested to take the following buses, directly to the destinations, which means you're not hitchhiking:
==== Crossing to Chile: Paso Internacional Los Libertadores ====
There are no border formalities to be done on in Argentina. Arriving to the Argentinian side. You'll get Chilean border crossing the Chilean officials will process your Argentinian exit stamp on from Argentina at the Chilean side of the bordersame time as your entry to Chile.
Remember that taking unpackaged food through the border is not allowed. The Chilean SAG (Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero) will take it from you. Cookies that are made by a lovely Argentinian grandpa are not OK, while branded cookies are fine. Same goes for pasta, trail mix, prepared and labeled '''pan de miga''' sandwiches, etc. Not OK are vegetables and fruits that are not prepared in some way. They're really afraid of the bugs all the neighboring countries have. Bring enough water for the crossing, especially in summer when all the holiday traffic can cause a giant blockade and there's no shadow nowhere. This also applies for inside the car.
This is via the Ruta Nacional 40 northward. Take the bus to the Mendoza Airport and stand at the main road, or walk along the RN 40 towards El Borbollón, where there's a Bandera Blanca gas station on the road. Alternatively, take city bus 133 or 131 via El Plumerillo to El Borbollón and enter the same gas station Bandera Blanca via the back. Ask around for cars going to San Juan.
=== East towards [[San Luis]], [[Buenos Aires]] ===
The best station to get a ride heading east is the YPF on RN 7 just after it crosses Calle Elpidio González (-32.929273, -68.754368), about 9km from the central bus terminal. It is busy with all manner of traffic. You can get there taking a public transit bus heading to Fray Luís Beltrán and San Martín, which pass it right on RN 7. Such buses leave from Mendoza's central bus terminal (Terminal del Sol Estación de Omnibus de Mendoza), right in the centre of Mendoza where the RN 7 and RN 40 meet. The bus will depart from around the bays numbered 50-60. Ask around there to find out which specifically and how to pay your fare: some buses take the local transit payment card, some accept cash to the driver, some sell tickets at the windows there just inside the station. Buses circulating only to that area near certainly exist as well (please confirm!).
Beyond that the gas stations along RN 7 in Fray Luís Beltrán and San Martín are used much more by locals than those going much farther. Parador Guerrero (mentioned above in 'West towards..), about 16 km beyond San Martín, is busier with trucks headed south and west (or was the night and morning [[User: Movethathoof]] was there), but with nothing at all around it bringing in local traffic you will also eventually find a ride heading east without too much difficulty. Getting there requires taking a bus to San Martín followed by another bus or a bus to the likes of La Dormida or La Paz (being sure not to pay the full fare that much longer distance!), all of which can be taken from that same central bus terminal (Terminal del Sol Estación de Omnibus de Mendoza).
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