Hostel Salta
Balcarce 980 Salta, Province of Salta, Northern Argentina, Argentina
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We love you Salta!
After leaving the crazyness of Asuncion, we had a 6 hour bus to Resistencia in Argentina. Border crossing interesting, quite confusing but made it through without too much trouble. Then we had an overnight bus to Salta, again not too much sleep. Salta was such a nice change, very relaxed and friendly people. Our hostel was really nice and met some …
We fell in love with Northern Argentina
Hola Chicos
We found ourselves in our hostel in Salta very early which gave us loads of time to explore the city. This was the first colonial town we came to on our travels so far. This was exactly how we expecxted Argenitina to be & I fell in love with it. Bernie still prefers Mendoza over Salta however I think that was because we …
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Our first taste of heaven... No, really.
After a mental week in Bolivia, Argentina felt so welcoming. It is much more European than any of the other countries we have been to and feels much safer and relaxed. Hence, it taking me til now to write our first entry! (Is it time for a siesta yet?)
Our first stop was Salta, in Northern Argentina, where we booked ourselves into a brand new hostel (so clean and so shiny!) and got a well deserved good nights sleep. The next day however, ...
Salta - The overindulgence starts in Argentina
... is perfectly preserved. MRI scans show all the organs in the body, except the spleen, are intact. Their clothing, shoes and small ornamental dolls look as if they are new. This is amazing considering they were buried more than 500 years ago.
The bodies are now kept at temperatures below freezing and only put on display one at a time in a special temperature regulated glass capsule. It really is worth a visit if you’re in the ...
Steak and Wine....we'll be fine
... from a stall selling salami and cheeses and enjoyed both in a park with crackers and the bottle of wine given to us by Enrique. Cycling back through town we stopped at the ice cream shop, “Heleados Miranda,” to try the wine sorbets on offer, which I’m sure we will be attempting to make as soon as we are in the UK!
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