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Argentina...the land of red meat & mate
Feb 21, 2008
(53 photos)
"A suggestion...when you go to Argentina, you leave plenty of time...at least 6 days, for Salta. It's up in the northwestern corner of Argentina...there's lots of stuff happen ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
rawhideone
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Salta
Mar 27, 2008
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"Salta ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
erriuc
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Arriving in Salta
Aug 25, 2006
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"Got the public bus from Encarnacion over the border to Posadas which are very regular and the buses dont wait for you. Made sure you get your ticket from the driver so they let you ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
emanddave
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Thwarted...
Nov 19, 2006
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"Part I - Dulce De Leche In the gorgeous breeze of the late Salta morning, the giant palms sway gently above Plaza 9 de Julio. They resemble Argentinean women, slender and elegant a ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
marktjhung
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Salta
Dec 22, 2005
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"Ended up in Salta from the border of Argentina and Bolivia where I ended up having to spend a night. It was a nice change in scenery as there were a lot more trees and greenery whi ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
jag
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Salta, northern Argentina
Sep 16, 2006
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"From Puerto Madryn it was another 20 hours on the bus back to to Buenos Aires, where I organised a flght to Salta in northern Argentina. I must say I felt quite pleased with myself ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
aussierach
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Costly Cows
Apr 7, 2006
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"As I mentioned in an earlier post, Argentina's economy has been quite strong for the past three years, with GDP averaging about 9%. Unfortunately, much of this has been driven by o ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
midlifecrisis
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Back in Argentina
Nov 29, 2005
(5 photos)
"Back in Argentina My bus from San Pedro was the most gringo-y I have so far experienced, about three quarters were backpackers heading to Salta too. Weirdly (or maybe not so weirdl ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
sarah_s_america
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England 1 - Portugal 3
Jul 1, 2006
"Well we thought it was about time to put finger to keyboard to report in. As you are already probably aware, England are now out of the cup even though most of us felt that they wo ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
pidgeandpie
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Argentina and its Police checks
Jun 13, 2005
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"Well, we thought that crossing the border would be a warmer experience, we thought wrong...It is as cold here as where we were in "Uyuni" it seems. The journey across the border wa ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
martinandheike
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Reflections on Argentina
Jun 15, 2005
(21 photos)
"Greetings from the sunny city of Salta (well it was sunny when we got here, but it's really rather cloudy and cold at the moment), our second major stop of this trip after Mendoza. ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
patagonia2peru
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The Vegetarian's Nightmare
Jun 3, 2006
(28 photos)
"Argentina...home to the best steaks in the world! For months now, long before I arrived here, I kept hearing "wait til you get to Argentina" regarding how good the beef is and how ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
jeffsadventures
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What to do in Salta?
Sep 12, 2004
(4 photos)
"Salta is class. I´ve asked where the name comes from and the best answer I´ve heard is the town takes it´s name from the salt flats about 4 hours out of the city. In Argentina the ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
brendanlarkin
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The Bored and The Border
Oct 3, 2004
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"As the train from Uyuni to Villazon wound through the dry river valley I half expected Butch Cassidy and his infamous apprentice to come riding down through the cactuses from the s ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
tnicol
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Culture Shock
Dec 11, 2004
(6 photos)
"It happened. Apart from high prices, San Pedro de Atacama still felt like Uyuni, or Bolivia. At least a bit. But now, I am in Salta, Argentina, and i feel like I am in Germany, get ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
grizzly
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I was TOLD never...
Jul 21, 2005
"Now and then I follow some travel forums on the Internet, and I often see questions similar to the following (some of the questions posted may even be more specific, and not just a ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
stevefn
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Gaucho country
Apr 3, 2004
(10 photos)
"My first big adventure was getting from Potosi into Argentina - a mammoth 24 hours of travelling!! I had an 11 hour bus journey overnight from Potosi to the Argentine border, which ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
vicki
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The Biggest Entry Ever!
Jun 30, 2004
(40 photos)
"I know it's been a very long time since I made my last entry, hence this one is going to be enormous! The last time I wrote, I was in Cusco, Peru. Since then, I've been to Macchu P ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
helsbells
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I Have Reached the Promised Land
Feb 21, 2005
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"Argentina baby. It is wonderful, just wonderful. After eight months in, well, let's just say less than developed countries I have reached the Latin American equivalent of Europe, b ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
somasized
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Dont Cry For Me....
May 21, 2005
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"Saturday 21at May 2005 Lots of touts to meet us at the station offering bus rides to everywhere in Argentina, but guessing correctly that they would be overpriced, opted to walk to ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
shaunduvall
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Another Continent
Oct 12, 2003
"To follow on from the last entry's lecture, we did not learn our lesson about buying things that are made for a younger generation. Now we are in South America, buying children´s b ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
jose
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Sport, Sandwiches, Sun and Shopping
Oct 17, 2004
"After almost killing and going to jail for a sandwich in the last few months, I found that that would not be necessary in Argentina. The place is literally littered with sandwich s ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
camille
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Under the Searing Salta Sun
Nov 29, 2005
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"Instead of heading straight from Cafayate to Salta on the main highway we naturally opted for the back road through the Valles Calchaquíes to the small desert town of Cachi. Once a ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
thymeoff
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Salty tales from the desert
Jul 2, 2003
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".. to quote the famous South African philosopher LR Grove: "Chile is a slightly misleading name as it isn't (in the North) and there is none" ... So after the southern delights of ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
mrjoey
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the ride of our life
Jul 26, 2006
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"ok.... so we are still alive after a hair raising ride into salta. at the advice of some locals, we decided to hitch our way to salta...... but we managed to find ourselves in a ca ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
salkelely
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To Salta
Jul 12, 2007
"Today was another drive day, and thecrossing of the border into argentina. Thisgenerally is the most hated bit of the trip for the tour guides as the chilean-argentinian border is ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
rachellocke
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500 grms steaks
Feb 8, 2008
(5 photos)
"Very short stay in Salta for a visit to Viejo Jack, a famous parrilla where we enjoyed a 1/2 kilo steak each! Hopefully this will keep us satisfied until Bolivia where we will get ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
benjamine
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Salta
Mar 23, 2007
"Feeling very refreshed after a lovely 2 hour flight as opposed to the alternative 30 hour coach journey, we arrive in Salta, North-West Argentina. We had heard good ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
greesq
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Fiesta in Salta
Sep 13, 2007
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"Salta, pretty much the last base in a rushed skip through Argentina. Tired from the trip from Iguazu we awoke at about 8am to the sound of sirens and mini explosions. Loo ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
edmondo
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Salta NUTS
Aug 8, 2007
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"Salta is a city and also the name of a region, a bit like Antrim is back home...................without the joyriders. Salta is a beautiful place, lots of lovely architecture, frie ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
bigusredus
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North! We want to go North!
Feb 19, 2008
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"Catching our bus at 6pm from San Agustin heading 4 hours south back to San Juan, from where we'd only arrived the day before, was a pretty frustrating experience. We were due to ar ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
matnkat
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Adventures in Salta
Dec 26, 2007
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"Our 1st stop in Argentina is Salta, we went white water rafting and went on flying foxes across a valley. PS check out the rainbow coloured mountains. ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
yasminboers
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Salta
Apr 30, 2008
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"As usual after a night bus, we were absolutely knackered on the morning we reached Salta, so after a short taxi ride to the hostel, we went straight to bed for a few hours. W ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
felicityb
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Mummies, Wine and a Little Luxury
Oct 13, 2006
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" Having been relieved of my purse, I finally arrived in Salta, the region capital of NW Argentina & a v popular tourist stop. It ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
sara_minx
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Dont cry for me Argentina!
Sep 24, 2007
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"After landing safely in Salta and obtaining some Argentine pesos we got a taxi to our hostel and checked in. We sussed the place up having great trouble locating the shower w ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
sarahandaimee
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Salta, Argentina
Apr 1, 2007
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"Arrived in Salta to the poring rain that we had driven through all the way up the Andes from Chile. Very long journey, over 24hours in total. Cool little hostel which t ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
salsals
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Salta the Fair
Apr 4, 2007
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"The best part of our 2nd day in Mendoza was finding chips in a wee cafe in the busstation! Then we got on the best bus ever - executive class coche cama where we had 2 dinner ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
tonyandsara_rtw
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Salta
Apr 11, 2007
"Hi again Well here we are back in Argentina for the last time after saying good-bye to Chile for the last time yesterday. Before I fill you in on the high drama of our journey to S ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
juliannet
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Land of the Cacti
Mar 11, 2007
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"The first thing we did in Salta was explore the town. We made the same mistake again and arrived to Salta on a Sunday which sucks, everything is closed. However, we made the best o ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
kerenk1019
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teleferico...terrifico!
Nov 19, 2007
(37 photos)
"The following conversation took place between a tired and irritable me, and a pregnant dog, at some point of a mountain walking trail, on Saturday, November 17th - me - ¿hablas ing ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
brettelmer
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D'un pays à l'autre.... (2)
Dec 6, 2007
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"Carte d'identité de l'Argentine - Population : 39 millions d'habitants - Capitale : Buenos Aires, 12 millions d'habitants (soit presque 1/3 de la population argentine),&n ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
charlyvaness
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Salta - a place were time disappears
Aug 28, 2006
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"24th-28th - Decided i would stay in Salta until the chest infection got better (damn yellow fever vaccination) so had to get some more antibiotics (thanks mum for teaching me how t ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
ilovetravel0
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Steak and wine
Dec 17, 2006
"We bush camped last night in what seemed the middle of nowhere although we were only about 15km from the boarder with Argentina. The cook team did a fab job cooking chicken stew an ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
markandrebecca
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Adios Bolivia
Dec 6, 2006
"Well, I guess that is the end of two-dollar meals and 25-dollar massive suites. I am heading to Salta, Argentina to meet up with my new friend Sam and to visit my fourth country. A ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
clarasudamerica
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The best steak ever!
Dec 20, 2006
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"We finally hit Argentina, land of the most fantastic steaks in the world!! We were staying at a campsite with the largest swimming pool in South America (it really was huge) ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
smee_elaine
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Salta
Apr 26, 2006
(16 photos)
"Salta - Day One Lying on the Lerma Valley, Salta is the capital city of the homonimous province. It is situated in one of the most fertile and nicest sites ever created by nature i ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
ambersmith1978
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We are now proper cowboys
Dec 11, 2007
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"So after a mammoth train and bus journey through Bolivia into Argentina, the lowlight of which was the most disgusting dinner we've ever had in Oruro, Bolivia and the highlight was ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
elliotandcarla
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Salta la Linda - an update
Apr 25, 2008
"Ok, so it has been 2 weeks in south america and everything is going fantastically. I am currently in Salta, a medium sized city in northern argentina. It is a truly relaxing ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
cammathie
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Salta
Feb 23, 2008
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"Buenos Dias! Salta is a province in the North East of Argentina, where the border hugs Bolivia and Chile. The city of Salta was small, much less sophisticated than Buenos ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
sarahdan
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Salta
Apr 6, 2005
"Here we are in at 1700mts. it is great here cities main square is beautiful with amazing buildings and a pink Cathedral. SJ fancied a bit of a splurge (lonely planet talk for treat ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
niallquaid
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A Day in Salta
Jun 11, 2007
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"We arrived in Salta after 2am. We were both just glad to have made it after the AA fracas. In true backpacker style we hadn´t booked any accomodation. So we rucked up at where else ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
samandpriya
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Salta
May 11, 2006
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"After about 10 hours, we arrived at Villazon, there we were offered a bus ride to Salta (for a pretty high price), but we didn´t agree, instead we crossed the boarder to Argentina ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
danaandtom
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02/07/05 - 04/07/05
Jul 2, 2005
(6 photos)
"Before I´d even left to come travelling I had wanted to go on the Tren a las Nubes (Train to the Clouds) journey which leaves from Salta in Argentina (sad git that I am). Unfortuna ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
lgonzi
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Day 5: August 19, 2007 Pampas to Salta
Aug 19, 2007
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"Day 5: August 19, 2007 Somewhere on the Pampas to Salta We slept fairly well, awakening briefly at each of several stops. When we opened the curtains in the morning we were in the ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
magellanic
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Bolivia
Dec 23, 2007
"Day: 153 Location: Salta, Argentina Just over the border our first stop in Bolivia was Copacabana, a small town on Lake Titicaca where we checked into an eccentric, arty apartment ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
benperry
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Salta
Aug 16, 2006
(9 photos)
"Arriving in Salta, our plan had been to take 'El tren a las nubes' (the train to the clouds) up to San Antonio de los Cobres, up at about 4000m on the altiplano. Unfortunately we f ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
cjsceats
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Salta
Mar 5, 2008
(14 photos)
"So after a quick stop in Cordoba, which wasn´t really worth mentioning, we got up north to Salta, where I experienced my first river crossing on horse back and i also experienced m ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
feargoose
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Argentina - Top to Bottom
Oct 21, 2004
(21 photos)
"*** La version d`André suit *** On the morning of October 20th, we disembarked from the train (which had only three passengers in our car allowing us to spread out for the night) i ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
jen_and_andre
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Tequila and Salt..a..
Feb 10, 2007
"Back to the bright lights.... Jules and I headed here a day earlier than Lou (and even ended up staying a day later), as we couldn't get a bus ticket to San Pedro de Atacama (North ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
sarahcolvin
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9+9=25
Apr 4, 2006
(19 photos)
"What seemed like it was going to be a relaxing 18 hour bus ride, turned into a 25 hour nightmare. We had booked a late bus for two reasons, one: to save money on rent and two: so w ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
astralcars
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Northern Argentina...Cordoba and Salta
Mar 8, 2008
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"Spent a night in cordoba after taking an overnight bus. Nice city with a very young population. However there wasn´t a whole lot to do there without heading out to the countryside ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
finola
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The Gaucho, Wilbur and the Arms Dealer
Sep 26, 2007
"Salta is the unofficial land of the Gaucho...the Argentinian cowboy. You are essentially still in a desert, but there are still llama to round up for the parilla (BBQ). We were pre ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
willandliz
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back in Argentina!!!!!!
Oct 30, 2007
(4 photos)
"yeahh, i'm back in Argentina!!!!! i got here two days ago, the bus trip from San Pedro to Salta was really nice, the views were really amazing, first we went through the desert and ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
tobi
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Up into the Andean Northwest
Jan 3, 2007
"The day after new years Hue, a guy from Ireland, and I caught the bus to Salta. Very pretty city, nice centre with beautiful buildings like every old colonial city. We re ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
jennifers
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I'm in heaven!
Sep 30, 2006
(24 photos)
"Well, back to Tupiza.... I eventually decided on a tour company for the salt Plains tour and although it was more than I wanted to pay I knew the rest of the group would spak engli ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
amandaseims
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Lots of lovely food in Argentina
Apr 23, 2005
(10 photos)
"This journey was epic. Said goodbye to Michelle in Potosi and whilst she headed for the gorgeous Salar de Uyuni I went south to Argentina. This involved a 12 hour overnight bus jou ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
irishblontravel
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heading north!
Sep 19, 2007
(50 photos)
"Actually right now I am in Tucaman a couple of hours south, but i will stay here in this region for some days and the mapsystem could not find this town, so dont be confused. Just ..."
A travel blog entry from Salta by
tempesh
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r and r
Apr 19, 2006
"4 days in salta. mostly filled with sleeping, reading, writing, watching TV, and going to the movies (hey, it might be my last chance for a while!). i was a little bit sick. caught ..."
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