Salta, Argentina Travel Blogs

Salta, Argentina Whoop!
Jul 9, 2008 (5 photos)

... i to argentina and so far so good! We jumped on a 11 hour bus from Chile, hit up passport control and jumped into Argentina!  Managed to smugle in some sarnies of salami and cheese we had made (no animall products over the border)  but for me ...

Reflections on Argentina
Jun 15, 2005 (21 photos)

... charge foreigners - all they wanted was for us to sign their visitors' book. Not a bad country this. We like Argentina. Salta Cathedral We've now covered more than 3,000 miles and have passed another milestone for us: our previous longest cycle ...

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 ask about the length of a piece of string): "Will I be safe on my own in ...

The return of Class 3
Jun 7, 2005

... We really don't know. It will depend on what we find along the way. How many countries have you been through? Only 2 countries: Argentina and Chile. We went into a small part of Chile at the beginning, but it has mainly been Argentina so far. We will ...

You can tell we´re not in Bolivia anymore!!
Mar 27, 2009 (47 photos)

... ! Only kidding. The food was absolutely fantastic and we enjoyed every bit of it! I think we are going to enjoy our food in Argentina. We also had a bottle of wine with our meal and was force fed two desserts as well! The whole meal cost about £10! Brill ...

Afternoon tea and empanada's in the square.
Mar 28, 2009 (6 photos)

We checked out of the hostel at 10.30am and stored our luggage until later. We walked down to the main plaza for another walk round, then dropped into a plaza side café for a drink. I had café con leche (milky coffee) and Lorna had a tea. We also had a ...

Arriving in Salta
Aug 25, 2006 (4 photos)

... then decided to go with Novella Estrela (forgive spelling) that left at 13.15 and changed at about 18.00 at Resistencia. Arrived in Salta at about 7am next morning. Bus was good - reclining seats, meal included, not too cold (!), video in English so can´t ...

Thwarted...
Nov 19, 2006 (35 photos)

... if you do them with a silly, over-enthusiastic Spanish accent, here are the Top 5 words that are most fun to say: 5. Arriba 4. Chicito 3. ¡Hola! 2. Empanada 1. Gazpacho Argentina is far too expensive for my liking. Bolivia it up...

Stuck in Salta doing some caramel pulling.
Jul 19, 2005 (12 photos)

... Montevideo (I am sure you know, but it's a small world on the backpacker circuit). It's winter holiday in Argentina now, so the nightlife was great, and Salta is practically boiling. After waking up with a hangover a couple of days in a row, I just idled ...

Chilling in Salta
Aug 27, 2006

Had a lie in this morning before reluctantly getting up for breakfast. Then wandered around a pretty quiet Salta as everything seems to shut today. Eventually found internet to do a mammoth blog update and check up on next bits of our trip, insurance for ...

Go West! A leisurely drive back to the Andes
Nov 23, 2005 (4 photos)

On the afternoon of Saturday 19 November, having spent a marvellous two days wildlife spotting on Peninsula Valdez, we dropped our travel companion Andrea off at the bus station in Puerto Madryn. We decided to take a leisurely drive west, back to the ...

Softly softly Cachi monkey
May 25, 2007 (15 photos)

... . And it was too blimmin' cold for veggies. The next day brought warm sunshine which was just as well as it was May 25th: Argentina's Revolution Day holiday and the town was hosting a biathalon. Men and boys of all ages - and one girl - competed in the ...

The Vegetarian's Nightmare
Jun 3, 2006 (28 photos)

... beef is and how much steak I am going to eat while here. And finally, I can now share the same story. Argentina is a vegetarian's nightmare!!! Every restaurant offers huge cuts of beef at bargain basement prices. And after many many months of chicken, rice ...

Change of plans!!
Jul 8, 2008 (5 photos)

... purse strings! Anyway... we got on a bus from San Pedro de Atacama that took us over the order into Argentina, and then rode another 12 hours or so to Salta... Today, we got a cable car up to the highest point in the city to check out the views and ...

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 weirdly considering I am not feeling particularly sociable this week), they ...

Cafayate
Nov 16, 2006 (4 photos)

The next morning we visited a couple of the local wineries, Bodega Etchart, and Bodega la Banda.

Heading into Argentina!
Mar 26, 2009 (9 photos)

... desk. Whilst waiting in the queue, we got chatting to the couple in front of us. They were boyfriend & girlfriend - Martin was from Argentina and Stefani was from Italy. They were really nice and offered to help us get our bus ticket to Salta as that's ...

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 happening right in town and the towns on the outskirts are naturally beautiful to ...

Salta, Argentina
Sep 16, 2008 (1 photos)

... prices remained the same.  BMWs and Volvo prices did double or even triple, but things produced within Argentina (e.g. steak) did not. The only major thing Argentinians noticed was the influx of tourists capitalizing on the fact ...

Cold heart, lukewarm liver
May 30, 2007 (12 photos)

Thankfully the next leg of our South America By Bus tour was the relatively short trip to the small Andean town of Cafayate. Like the journey up to Cachi this was a local a bus that wound round twisty mountain roads through magnificent desert scenery. ...

Paragliding in the Andes
Sep 19, 2008 (6 photos)

Today's adventure was paragliding in the Andes. Paragliding is a combination of hang gliding and sky diving.  The glider looks like a big parachute but has the agility, speed, and flight ability of a hang-glider.  And since it is ...

The Elusive Beef Poisoning
Jun 8, 2006 (17 photos)

Well so far, beef poisoning here in Salta Argentina has eluded me.  I take that as a sign I can eat as much steak as I want. And believe me, I am imbibing. The hostel has BBQ's every Wednesday and Saturday followed by some type of pub crawl to ...

Under the Searing Salta Sun
Nov 29, 2005 (20 photos)

... Arias and joined the paved RN 68 heading back into civilization and the cosmopolitan city of Salta. Although Salta has the reputation of being Argentina's best preserved colonial city, our first impressions on visiting the centre were not very ...

Salty tales from the desert
Jul 2, 2003 (20 photos)

... starts to bite and the brightest stars sparkle and pierce the dry desert air. Then Chile gave way to one more jaunt into Argentina, Salta to be exact. Already been here far too long, but one day I met an intrepid ( mad? ) cyclist called Alistair who ...

Salta
Mar 27, 2008 (106 photos)

Salta

Argentina and its Police checks
Jun 13, 2005 (13 photos)

... a few misdirections to get to the Argentinian Bus Station. When we finally made it, we were in luck with both a bus to "Salta" (7-8 hours) our next destination, and that we got it cheaper than on the "Bolivian" (yes it was cheaper) side. They even took ...

Salta
Dec 22, 2005 (3 photos)

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 which was in stark contrast to the dryness of Bolivia. It was raining really ...

Dont Cry For Me....
May 21, 2005 (3 photos)

... Argentina appears almost as cheap as Bolivia. Eventually do catch the bus, at 3.40, and arrive in Salta at 11.00pm - having driven through North Western Argentina that is very different to Bolivia or Peru, and much more similar to Chile - more private ...

Tucuman and Salta
Jan 28, 2007 (17 photos)

... -arid region, has created some amazing and unusual scenery, some of which reminded us of the Outback in Australia. Salta is our last stop in Argentina, as we next take a long 17 hour bus journey to the border with Paraguay. After two months here, we ...

Salta, northern Argentina
Sep 16, 2006 (19 photos)

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 managing to pay for my ticket over the phone by credit card as well as book ...