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Currency: Argentine Peso (ARS)
Population: 37,384,816
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Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Apr 4, 2008 (42 photos)

"Salta,Tilcara,Humahuaca ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by juditgundrum


Salta ' Mummified, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta ' Mummified
Jul 11, 2008 (5 photos)

"Salta is pretty sweet. It´s a real laid back town. Met two irish girls and an isreali. Did the barbecue thing. Bloody sick of Steak. Then again can´t go wrong for $5. Anyways the g ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by ashinway


Killing time, Salta, Argentina travel blog Killing time
May 7, 2005 (3 photos)

"The weather in Salta has broken and so has the camera (that would be the one we bought two months ago to replace to stolen one). After some time debating the various options we had ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by hdh


To Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog To Salta
Dec 11, 2007

"Up 500 for another drivng day.  People were tired!!  Got to Argentinian border and held up there for 2 hours.  However, the roads immediately became bitumin again so ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by wadeoliver


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Sep 20, 2007 (56 photos)

"After a rather pleasent 17 hour bus journey, mainly thanks to the fantastic buses here in Argentina I arrived in Salta. On recommendation of Mike from hostel Lao in Mendoza I chose ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by paulontheroad


Argentina, Salta, Argentina travel blog Argentina
Dec 22, 2004

"Salta ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by bigbenn


Salta, Argentina, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta, Argentina
Aug 23, 2006 (5 photos)

"sasd ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by adammian


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Dec 7, 2006 (16 photos)

"I arrived in Salta after a LONG journey through the winding and bumpy roads of southern Bolivia, did a border change and got onto another bus at 6am and landed in buzzing and brigh ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by sjsintheworld


Lovin´ Argentina!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Lovin´ Argentina!
Oct 16, 2007 (5 photos)

"Hola Amigos! Well we are officially in Argentina and loving it.  The food is fantastic, the people are friendly and the weather is getting warmer!  The 12 hour bus ride a ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by kelseyraedow


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Sep 9, 2006 (2 photos)

"coming ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by ssndrs4


Après 27 heures de bus, Salta!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Après 27 heures de bus, Salta!
Jul 17, 2007 (5 photos)

"Voilà! Tout d`abord merci à tout ceux qui m`ont souhaité bonne fête!! Mais c`est très agréable de passer son anniversaire en voyage! De surcroit, en visitant les chutes d`Igua ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by migou


The Reunion, Salta, Argentina travel blog The Reunion
Jun 14, 2008

"Once again it has been weeks since i last did an update (on the go all the time) and i`ve left myself with quite a bit to cover, so i´m going to make it a very short and sweet upda ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by ojt


Fun Bus, Salta, Argentina travel blog Fun Bus
Mar 25, 2007

"Well that was fun, getting the bus from San Pedro in 30 degree heat, packed with baclpackers and one incredibly annoying drunk German guy, who as luck would have it sat right in fr ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by jojoba30


A lesson in just staying put, Salta, Argentina travel blog A lesson in just staying put
Nov 10, 2006

"Skipping over a couple journal entries here, because they were mainly filled with a personal struggle. Step by step it faded away, in a very literal sense, as I made the commitment ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by decker1


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Jul 18, 2008 (3 photos)

"After Cordoba, we took a night bus to Salta. Our bus arrived in Salta at 8 am and we bought a ticket to Cafayate that left at 1. We took the gondola up to the top of a mountain whe ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by theprochaskas


ooooops!! another reason to learn spanish!!, Salta, Argentina travel blog ooooops!! another reason to learn spanish!!
Oct 26, 2007

"We had planned on not having alot of time in Salta (one night to be precise) so we knew that we would have to be efficient in our sight seeing. This was slightly ambushed by the fa ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by pennyvos


Salta, home of delicious Locra, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta, home of delicious Locra
Jun 13, 2007 (5 photos)

"Salta - the north of Argentina. There´s definitely more of an indigenous flavour here. As far as colonial cities go, maybe it's a jewel in the crown of Argentina, but compared ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by annamund


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Oct 14, 2006

"Not much to say about Salta, we were only there for a day before we travel to Bolivia. We survived our mammoth bus journey despite having to change buses in the middle of the night ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by eve-michael


Off the beaten track!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Off the beaten track!
Feb 6, 2007 (20 photos)

"Etter noen late dager i La Cumbre dro vi nordover til Salta og var klare for litt mer action. Etter aa ha sett oss litt om i byen, dro vi ut paa landet og kjorte firehjulinger, saa ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by ole.dolven


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Aug 20, 2006

"Salta is very european and civilised and is centred around a beautiful main square lined with colonial buildings . It has a great cafe culture and we re getting right into it. We a ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by paulandrach


I feel like crap, Salta, Argentina travel blog I feel like crap
May 6, 2005 (1 photo)

"Another border crossing, this time at such rapid altitude ascent, that nearly half the truck either are puking up or have got diarrhea...including me! We eventually hit Salta Rafti ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by pmsmith2005


Salta stop over, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta stop over
May 30, 2007

"A bus to Salta, 18 hour trip.  A long the way the bus drivers ask us to come up the front of the bus with them.  They don`t speak any English but we try our best wit ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by cosbo


Llegamos a Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Llegamos a Salta
Mar 19, 2008

"Llegamos a Salta! Finalmente, por hoy sólo nos resta cenar y dormir para arrancar mañana temprano con nuestro pequeño gran viaje. ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by rigelmoon


Arrived in Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Arrived in Salta
May 1, 2007

"Arrived in Salta after 28 hr bus ride. Checked into Salamanca Hostel. After the first night, Tammi got attacked by bed bugs so we moved to Hostel el Andoluz which was a lovely host ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by bernard.oflynn


Seguimos vivas...., Salta, Argentina travel blog Seguimos vivas....
Jul 26, 2007

"A pesar de nuestra notita anterior... seguimos vivas y en cauanto pudimos nos uimos de aquella pension!! vamos que solo nos quedamos una noche. Estuvimos en busca de un albergue no ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by murphy4


Salta & Jujuy, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta & Jujuy
Nov 21, 2007 (5 photos)

"Last place to visit in Argentina. This is a totally different place to what you would expect Argentina to be. You could easily think you are in Bolivia here. Salta is called Salta ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by joepace


A quick stop, Salta, Argentina travel blog A quick stop
Apr 5, 2006

"pictures will come later... I wish that I would have had longer than only one night in Salta. The city was a pleasant surprise, as I was not expecting much. I greatly enjoyed wonde ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by jacque_sttrap


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

"Not much to report other than we made 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 ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by thomaswguy


Sunny Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Sunny Salta
Mar 13, 2007

"Another overnight bus brought us to Salta; a large city in northwest Argentina which sits in a valley between two lush green hills. Like most Argentine cities, Salta boasts a ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by erinc


Shopping in Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Shopping in Salta
Mar 28, 2008

"Wednesday morning and we arrive at the border with Argentina. Quick formalities over the border, stamp the passports, then get the bus to Salta with some Guys from Paraguay from th ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by lizzatwell


Adios Argentina!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Adios Argentina!
Aug 5, 2008

"Hola everyone! I hope I´m not boring ye all to tears with this, but sure I´ll keep going! Greetings from Salta, in Northwest Argentina.  We arrived here three days ago, having ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by eforan


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Dec 15, 2006

"My quest for a good cup of coffee has failed as the cafes make nescafe. I skip breakfast and opt for an early empanada of ham and cheese. The bus leaves at 11:30 but we have an hou ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by will.traveller


Sarah: Salta, Argentina - The day from hell!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Sarah: Salta, Argentina - The day from hell!
Apr 27, 2008

"Be warned, this one´s a biggie. Like, real big. You might need to do it in shifts. . . . Probably our worst day of travel so far began with a wake-up call at 2am. I had g ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by couplakiwis


Across the Andes, Salta, Argentina travel blog Across the Andes
Sep 22, 2007

"On the slopes of the andes ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by abarcelona


Change of plans!!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Change of plans!!
Jul 8, 2008 (5 photos)

"OK... change of plans... so we were going to make our way through Chile to get to Santiago in time for our next flight on July 27th... However, after careful research, we realised ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by you_know_zo


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Oct 20, 2006

"Bus to Salta, the backpacker hostels were pricey for dorm beds so we got a really nice double room at Hostal Durango for the same price. Salta is a nice town, full of shopping mall ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by kerrynh


Shopping in Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Shopping in Salta
Dec 27, 2007 (2 photos)

"Quick stay in Salta before heading to the Igazu Falls on the Argentina/Brazil border.  Then flight to Rio de Janeiro for New Year´s Eve with friends from home.  Needed to ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by steph08


Don´t cry for us, Chile, Salta, Argentina travel blog Don´t cry for us, Chile
May 10, 2008

"After 2 whole days in Chile, we were compelled ( by fate and logistics and climate change and our airline ticket) to head for the hills of Argentina. And while they are stunning in ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by steffeff


Training to be a gaucho, Salta, Argentina travel blog Training to be a gaucho
May 13, 2007 (2 photos)

"After a brief stop over in Mendoza (all roads in Argentina lead to wine? surely not!), I travelled north to Salta to train to be a gaucho (Argentinian cowgirl) with my new friend E ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by jarvs


on the road again, Salta, Argentina travel blog on the road again
Oct 26, 2006

"Well, hello my friends and family (and those that don't really Like me but feel compelled to read either out of obligation or through some sort of self hate torture philosophy). It ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by mshields


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Jan 17, 2007 (5 photos)

"Salta la Linda, Ville tout au nord de l'Argentine, entouree de montagnes qui sont couvertes par la jungle... c'est vraiment un lieu magique. En plus, la ville a conserve ses batime ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by vincentico


Our journey from Bolivia to Chile and Argentina, Salta, Argentina travel blog Our journey from Bolivia to Chile and Argentina
Sep 27, 2004

"Hello again and this time from Argentina. After my long writing absence, I´m back with another installment of the story so far. I left you on the plane from Panama to Bolivia so he ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by lindsaycheek


Salta - Argentina, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta - Argentina
Sep 7, 2006 (5 photos)

"Arrived in Salta after a marathon 12 hour bus journey...the bus itself was great so it passed uneventfully! Salta, while not as pretty as Mendoza, is a place of adventure and fun! ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by darrenrodgers


Great Steaks wey hey!!!!!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Great Steaks wey hey!!!!!
Apr 16, 2006 (19 photos)

"Great to be back in the land of the Huge Steaks and muchas Vino tinto! The bus journey was a bit of a nightmare, 12 hours to do 400kms! But the roads were extremely curvy as we wer ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by bobdeehamill


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Apr 27, 2007 (5 photos)

"Salta is right in the north of Argentina and is a gateway for travellers to Bolivia and Chile.  Totally different than the other cities we visited as so much poorer and lots m ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by lbergin


Ancient ruins and our last city for a while, Salta, Argentina travel blog Ancient ruins and our last city for a while
Oct 22, 2005 (13 photos)

"Again we were hijacked by hostel people and ended up in a really cheap hostel near the city centre. bit mental the first night as they crammed lots of people in our room, disco goi ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by slp


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Jun 22, 2007 (2 photos)

"I just arrived in Salta.  (I had better luck at Retiro terminal in Buenos Aires last night because nobody tried to rob me.)  I consolidated everything for the t ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by kberg11


things are always looking up down here, Salta, Argentina travel blog things are always looking up down here
Nov 17, 2006 (5 photos)

"There's a place you can go called Tierra del Fuego Down in the Southern Hemisphere It's kind of Troy without Helen, past the Straits of Magellan And things are always looking up do ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by hurricaneseason


Finally in Argie Baby Yeah, Salta, Argentina travel blog Finally in Argie Baby Yeah
Sep 10, 2007

"Well, we made alive to Salta this evening....just!  Yess.....!  It was a killer trip to say the least - but it is nice to head down to the square for a very late meal on ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by hannahwills


Argentina and 2007, Salta, Argentina travel blog Argentina and 2007
Dec 31, 2006 (1 photo)

"We arrived in Salta, Argentina at 6am on the last day of 2006. Walking from the bus station to our hostel many people were still up, most on their way home after a night on the til ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by clive.emma


A Mild Case of Culture Shock, Salta, Argentina travel blog A Mild Case of Culture Shock
Nov 8, 2007

"I'll take today and a bit of tomorrow in Salta to regroup and plan my next move. It's a beautiful day.  As I stroll around town, it doesn't take long before I feel the&nb ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by superg


ARGENTINA a new world., Salta, Argentina travel blog ARGENTINA a new world.
Jul 7, 2008

"Bolivia was soo fun. they have laws, but little affect in einforcing them, they don´t have safety regulations, so you get away with doing stuff that you could never ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by jojo_barton


Clouds, gorges and salt, Salta, Argentina travel blog Clouds, gorges and salt
Feb 22, 2008

"Photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=41127&l=10670&id=551865803 Fri 22 Feb The 16 hour bus trip wasn´t too bad. We went in the more expensive seats (cama) which we ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by paul_lucy


Salta und Norden (Humahuaca), Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta und Norden (Humahuaca)
May 10, 2008 (11 photos)

"Salta hat uns zwar grundsätzlich gefallen, aber viel mehr als ein paar Einkaufsstrassen und den Zentralplatz haben wir an sich nicht gesehen. Dafür war der Ausgang gut. Im Nor ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by sindelle


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Feb 23, 2007

"I left Bariloche at 1pm on the 21st. Arrived to Mendoza at 8am on the 22, and left again at 1pm to Salta. I arrived to Salta this morning, feb 23rd at 7am Salta was very hot and hu ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by lvilchis


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Jul 31, 2006 (2 photos)

"Arrived in Salta at midday to be besieged by people trying to get us to stay at their hostel. Apparently its really quiet at the minute because its just been a public holiday so ev ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by hellsbells


Week 8 and 9:  Bolivia and Traveling Woes, Salta, Argentina travel blog Week 8 and 9: Bolivia and Traveling Woes
May 3, 2006 (36 photos)

"Hi folks, its been along time since our last entry (Peru!, and we´re now in Argentina), but alot has happenened. So much in fact, that I´m going to have to paraphrase and summarize ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by audrey.y.james


I thought it would be desert.., Salta, Argentina travel blog I thought it would be desert..
Apr 23, 2006 (6 photos)

"Only one day here...hmmm error somewhere in my timing ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by sarahh


Salta - am Fusse der Anden, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta - am Fusse der Anden
Apr 10, 2006 (7 photos)

"Mein Bus ist gestern Abend puenktlich um 20:00 abgefahren und bereits 6:30 war ich in Salta. Ich glaube sogar einige Stunden geschlafen zu haben (semi-cama-Bus). In Salta habe ich ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by gesom


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Jul 4, 2007 (16 photos)

"Day 24-27 (1st - 4th July): We arrived in Salta on Canada Day and were pretty wrecked from the long bus journey. We found a great hostel in the centre of town, which seemed to be r ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by skip-ange


Beautiful sunrise in Mendoza, then Sultry Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Beautiful sunrise in Mendoza, then Sultry Salta
Nov 25, 2007 (26 photos)

"From 8 to 6 and now 3...Jack, Slim and Miguel leave our group to go back to work. Paul, Robert and I spend a long day flying from Mendoza to BA then back north to Salta. All air tr ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by davenpod


Mad journey to santiago..., Salta, Argentina travel blog Mad journey to santiago...
Dec 12, 2007

"We had decided to travel down through Argentina from Tupiza. So our plan was to get a bus to Salta in Argentina then onto Mendoza then cross the border to Santiago. The trip to sal ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by smc_mahon


Bye bye Altitude Sickness.....Salta here we come!, Salta, Argentina travel blog Bye bye Altitude Sickness.....Salta here we come!
Jul 21, 2007 (2 photos)

"Finally.......we`re back in the First World. No more extreme poverty, no more begging, no more Bogeys trying to sell me stuff or polution or dirt tracks. YES! Argentina.....this is ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by aoifemckelvey


Yet another face of Argentina, Salta, Argentina travel blog Yet another face of Argentina
Mar 13, 2006 (4 photos)

"I continue to be amazed at the diversity of Argentina. Life in Salta, a small city in northern Argentina, is very traditional and with a huge amount of Andean culture influence. Th ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by jennweiss


Soy Gaucha, Salta, Argentina travel blog Soy Gaucha
Jul 24, 2007 (15 photos)

"Finally, after a long long busride I made it to Salta in the andine northwest of Argentina on Friday afternoon... Salta is a really beuatiful town, with loads of well restored colo ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by kattiline


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Apr 17, 2006

"After another 17 hour bus ride, I arrived in Salta around 1pm and checked into a slightly not cool hostel, completely exhausted. I had met an Argentinian woman, Gladys, from Buenos ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by travelinj


Salta at last, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta at last
Apr 10, 2007

"Hey Guys, So, since me brief last entry - Santiago Arrived in Santiago late, but a reasonably priced three-course meal was provided by the hotel, so we enjoyed that before heading ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by jlb


Salta , segundo dia, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta , segundo dia
Jan 3, 2008

"Dia tranquilo. Vou a cidade. Como um chorizo. Relax. ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by carollo


North Argentina, Salta, Argentina travel blog North Argentina
Mar 4, 2005

"We left Paso de los Libres in a bus towards Corrientes. I had visited that city 2 years before, so I wasn't interested to spend some time there again. We were lucky enough to get a ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by duqueperin


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
Jul 29, 2007 (5 photos)

"s ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by lauraandchris


Beautiful, beautiful Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Beautiful, beautiful Salta
Aug 5, 2008

"Hola, Firstly I hope these blogs aren´t boring the life out of you all, there´s been an ominous silence on the comments page!  Well, we´re now in Salta which is defi ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by eoghankelly


es geht Richtung Anden, Salta, Argentina travel blog es geht Richtung Anden
Apr 20, 2006

"schöne spanische Kolonialstadt - zumindest das Zentrum ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by zedipedi


"Noroeste Andino", Salta and Calchaquies Valley
Jun 14, 2007 (10 photos)

"Salta is an high-power,ecxiting city; cause of its postion full of people from different places (Bolivia, Chile, Perù...). There are some colonial buildings well preserved and the ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by fettino


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
May 19, 2007

"Salta, a city in the north, was our last stop in Argentina. Decided to try something new here - kite buggying - why not?! Ended up loving it, it was tiring but so much fun. First o ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by lou_h101


Salta, Salta, Argentina travel blog Salta
May 16, 2007 (5 photos)

"A one day visit to the town of Salta, everyone keep telling me to stay 3 to 4 days and i'm not sure what for, a 2 day could cover Salta unless you visit other towns. A colonial cit ..."

A travel blog entry from Salta by