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Salta Slideshow
Salta
Travel Blogs from Salta, Argentina
jadore...
... avoyage pdt 10 ans et qui est de retour aux racines en argentine et ac fernando un gars de buenos aires venu chercher du travail a salta... en echande de qq servives, il peut loger ds lhospedaje, et ne pas se morfondre ds son 1 piece seul... il est super ...
Happy Birthday Stephanie!!
... another bus was heading for the bus stop and was going to bring us there to wait on our bus. We arrived safe and sound in Salta and headed straight to our hostel and bed. The next day we wandered the city which is pretty much all we did during the ...
SACRIFICED CHILDREN - NOT OURS!
... Guard" but it was rather comical if you sub-title the procedures with your own interpretation. As with everywhere else in Argentina, Spain and France everything stops at 1pm and starts up again at 5pm. So our watching the gaucho proceedings meant we ...
Day 75: October 28, 2007 Catamarca to Salta
... more attention to my retirement account than I usually do. I've erased the rather large deficit that was there when I arrived in Argentina. I moved a few things around and then went up to the apartment to watch the news. Today is election day. To no ...
Entering Salta
We left Tucumán (and Joel, who took another way, there) province to enter Salta. We arrived at noon in Cafayate: we were received by a very nice but hurried man. He brought us quickly to a hostel and after that rapidly to an excursion in the wineries. ...
Mmm more vino
... off to find breakfast. Cafayate is a small town (about 10000 inhabitants) and is said to have the best vineyards in all Argentina. Days are warm all year - Taj found it very hot! The town seemed like the Argentinian version of Martinborough! ...
Salta - a place were time disappears
... chile and head straight to Bolivia as people who i met said that they have the same scenery but bolivia is heaps cheaper. I have loved Argentina. The people are friendly it is easy to travel in mostly because the buses are the best i have been in so far. ...
Repos dans la montagne
Journée de repos, nous partons déjeuner dans notre comedor habituel, ils commencent à nous connaitre. On nous y sert de délicieux plats complets et typiques de la région. Après une grosse sieste, je pars me balader sur le plateau en face de la ...
Home Again.
... into the clouds. The pictures I took do NOT capture the feeling in this valley. I strongly suggest this trip to anyone coming to Argentina. At one point Eran stopped to help a local, change a flat. Jess and I weren{t needed, so we ventured out into ...
Day 47: September 30, 2007 In Salta
Day 47: September 30, 2007 In Salta Our usual Sunday tradition is to sleep in until around 9:00 but I had lots to do and got up at 7:00. I spent the morning formatting my power point file for Monday's class. There are many wordy screens. I want them ...
Strada dei 7 lagos
.... per ora solo foto! La strada che va da San Martin de los Andes a Villa Angostura... la famosa strada dei 7 lagos! Ultimi km di macchina; la strada che va da San Martin de los Andes a Villa Angostura, conosciuta come la strada de lo 7 ...
Off the Beaten Track
... into town to enjoy some local red wine and a parilla (Argentinian BBQ). If you´re a meat lover, you would love Argentina, especially its parillas. Realizing that we would soon be leaving Argentina, Pete decided that he would ¨eat meat every ...
Day 85: November 7, 2007 Salta to San Carlos
... for a little while before we drove into town and ate at the restaurant I had eaten at in September. We drank a couple of liters of Salta Negra beers, which tasted great. There was nothing to do but go to bed when we got back to the hostería. I think it ...
Salta
... of the city that was littered with restaurants and bars... We went for a meal at a steak grill and had the best steaks ever.. Argentina is known for its steaks so we were all looking forward to eating one but had no idea of how good they were... they ...
To Salta
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 usually really bad. WE got to the border for 8 am, when it was meant t ...
Day 17: August 31, 2007 In Salta
... informed John Hardt and Ken Duke of my intention to seek an ACS-PRF Grant to fund three years of research in Argentina. If successful, it will provide money for student stipends/scholarships for both field and laboratory work. I'll develop the proposal ...
Don't cry for me, I'm in Argentina!
... salt flats (comedy pics to be uploaded soon), and we crossed the border to Argentina yesterday. Today, I´m in Salta, NW of Argentina. It's a beautiful city of whitewashed buildings, clean streets, SHOPS that don't sell traditional handicrafts, and ...
Salta- Final Stop in Argentina
Tuesday morning we left our class and comfy cabin to head for our final stop in Argentina, which was Salta in northern Argentina. After a days wait in Cordoba city we got on board our semi cama bus for our overnight trip to Salta. Unfortunately the ...
Salta
The Iguazu Falls are located on the border of Brazil and Argentina. Due to our enforced separation, the plan was for Dee to fly from Rio to the Brazilian side of the falls and see the falls for a few hours whilst Pete flew from Buenos Aires to Puerto ...
Salta rocks (Steve's title)
... 10pm for dinner. Without a doubt though the food was always worth waiting for! Meat was again the reoccurring theme for Argentina and as I am something of an expert in cuts of meat (i.e worked behind the Waitrose meat counter when I was 16) I ...
Day 58: October 11, 2007 In Salta
Day 58: October 11, 2007 In Salta I slept until 9:00 and woke up still feeling miserable and congested. I took a barrage of medicines but it seemed to have little effect. Armed with paper towels, I caught up on a couple of days of journaling before I ...
The best steak ever!
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) and were lucky as it had only been filled with water a couple of days ...
Are we in Europe?
... When we get there we learn that campgrounds are generally the same in all of South America, or at least just Brazil and Argentina. It´s basically a big fenced in field with people all camping out of their cars, blasting their music. We decided to go ...
Day 36: September 19, 2007 In Salta
... time, though, they artificially tied it to the dollar at a 1 to 1 rate. Argentine inflation continued unabated, however, and Argentina soon became one of the most expensive places in the world, certainly in the western hemisphere. Just prior to my ...
Recorriendo Salta
... 'as que se salía del mapa. A la noche nos castigamos con un asadito acompañado de baile folklórico en una parrillita en la calle balcarce, que es como el Palermo Hollywood de Salta. Y bueno, ya se nos termina Salta, mañana arrancamos para ...
Saints and Steaks
... It’s an all day trip and only leaves twice a week. Unfortunately with our tight schedule we couldn’t fit it in. Maybe next time we’re in Salta! Anyway we sadly said goodbye to Argentina and headed off on the long trip north into ...
2 for 22, where were you.....
... arrived into Salta late Friday afternoon after our 10 hour bus journey from San Pedro de Aticama. Salta is a large sophisticated city located in the north of Argentina and on arrival we really noticed the change from Bolivia. The Bolivian side was endless ...
Rafting near Salta
... its red, white and black pattern. The rafting organisation was Norte Rafting. It's actually half price (85$ + meal + transfer) compared to Salta Rafting and they did exactly the same (as far as we could see). Norte Rafting www.norterafting.com Tel. 0387 ...
Road trip like no other
... was in Argentina, only reminded by the odd blue and white flag flapping proudly in the rapid wind. The people here in Northern Argentina are very different from the rest of their country men. We noticed this more so while driving through its amazing ...